Rickety fence and a rocking chair

The smell of my father's pipe

Cackling goose in the summer air

The garden is green and ripe


Suddenly now I'm far away

Even if in my mind

I'm listening to my mama saying

"If you can find the time


"Come home, come home and rest awhile

Come home, come home and rest awhile

Get on home to Shiloh"

The farther I have wandered off

The fonder I have grown, Shiloh

Yeah, all the while I find a smile

Thinkin' about my home

The autumn breeze is calling me away

Calling me home to Shiloh


Over the ocean the soldier sailed

The battle is finally won

His mother is pressed up against the railing

Trying to find her son

Suddenly now she sees a face

Easy to recognize

It's been years to wait for the sweet embrace

Holding him as she cries

"You'd better get on home to Shiloh"


The farther that you wander off

The fonder you will grow, Shiloh

Yeah, all the while he found a smile

Thinkin' about his home

A sweet reunion coming through in waves

Calling him home to Shiloh


I've been thinkin' about my home

I've never been but I will, I know

Meadow green and the river wide

Valley deep and the mountain high


The saints of old are singing now (Shiloh)

My ears are ringing with the sound (Shiloh)

But greater still, as clear as day (Shiloh)

I can hear my Savior saying

I can hear my Savior saying

I can hear my Savior say


"Come home, come home and rest awhile

Come home, come home and rest awhile"


Better get on home to Shiloh