What is Home Without a Father?

What is Home Without a Father? was the song sung by Marie Olson in Speak No Evil. It was written in 1854, with words and music by Louis S. D. Rees.
The full lyrics are:
What is home without a father,
When our daily race is run,
And around the hearth we gather!
’Tis a world without the sun!
Is there real wealth in treasure;
Though its richest gifts we share?
Is there real joy in pleasure,
If his light be wanting there!
Ah! no:''
CHORUS 1:
For a home without a father,
When our daily race is run;
And around the hearth we gather,
Is a world without the sun.''
What is home without a father,
In the dark and cloudy day!
Is it home? or is it rather
But the guesthouse where we stay?
Oh! his kindly voice can cheer us
In affliction’s saddest hour;
And to feel that he is near us
Robs distress of half its power.
Ah! yes:''
CHORUS 2:
But a home without a father,
In the dark and cloudy day;—
Is it home? or is it rather
But the guesthouse where we stay?''
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