Stay, stay at home, my heart and rest;
Home-keeping hearts are happiest;
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.

Weary and homesick and distressed,
They wander east, they wander west
And are baffled and beaten and blown about
By the winds of wilderness of doubt;
To stay at home is best

Then stay at home, my heart, and rest
The bird is safest in its nest;
O’er all that flutter their wings and fly
A hawk is hovering in the sky;
To stay at home is best.