There's a happy childhood home 
(There's a happy childhood home) 
In my memory I can see 
(In my memory I can see) 
Standing out upon the hill 
(Standing out upon the hill) 
'Neath the shadow of the tree 
('Neath the shadow of the tree) 
If I only had my way 
(If I only had my way) 
It would give my heart a thrill 
(It would give my heart a thrill) 
Just to simply wander back 
(Just to simply wander back) 
To the cabin on the hill 
(To the cabin on the hill) 
Oh, I want to wander back 
(Oh, I want to wander back) 
To the cabin on the hill 
(To the cabin on the hill) 
'Neath the shadow of the tree 
('Neath the shadow of the tree) 
I would like to linger still 
(I would like to linger still) 
Just to be with those I love 
(Just to be with those I love) 
Joy my heart would over fill 
(Joy my heart would over fill) 
And I want to wander back 
(And I want to wander back) 
To the cabin on the hill 
(To the cabin on the hill) 

But the saddest of it all 
(But the saddest of it all) 
I can never more return 
(I can never more return) 
To that happy childhood home 
(To that happy childhood home) 
Matters not how much I yearn 
(Matters not how much I yearn) 
If I only had my way 
(If I only had my way) 
It would give my heart a thrill 
(It would give my heart a thrill) 
Just to simply wander back 
(Just to simply wander back) 
To the cabin on the hill 
(To the cabin on the hill) 
Oh, I want to wander back 
(Oh, I want to wander back) 
To the cabin on the hill 
(To the cabin on the hill) 
'Neath the shadow of the tree 
('Neath the shadow of the tree) 
I would like to linger still 
(I would like to linger still) 
Just to be with those I love 
(Just to be with those I love) 
Joy my heart would over fill 
(Joy my heart would over fill) 
And I want to wander back 
(And I want to wander back) 
To the cabin on the hill 
To the cabin on the hill