This version is from a US Treasury-sponsored "Guest Star" radio show in
December, 1948 promoting the sale of US Savings Bonds
Wherever we may be along about this time of year, our
hearts become sentimental pilgrims and head for home Because home is
where we all discover that Christmas is one time of the year when we
don't have to be wealthy to be rich Some of us remember Christmas as
the time when Dad gave us our first gold watch Others remember it as
the time when a charity organization delivered a Christmas basket to the
doorstep before dawn, so the neighbors wouldn't see and Mother wouldn't
be embarrassed But whether the hearth that cheered your family was a
fireplace of marble or a kitchen stove of cast iron, you'll remember
that your home was the richest place on earth, warmed by the richest
spirit on earth, the spirit of Christmas And that's why I've chosen
this next song to sing as a Christmas song It's not a carol, it's just
a beautiful pathway of friendly and understanding music up which our
hearts may travel as they make their Yuletide pilgrimage goin' home
Goin' home, goin' home
I'm a'goin' home
Quiet-like, some still day
I'm a'goin' home
It's not far, just close by
Through an open door
Work all done, care laid by
Goin'ta fear no more
Mother's there, 'spectin' me
Father's waitin', too
Lots of folks gathered there
All the friends I knew

One of the most precious gifts we have throughout the
year is one we often forget, the precious gift of freedom Freedom to
work, to play, to worship as we please Freedom to d