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The Sweet Sunny
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This was played a few times by Jerry with David Grisman in 1990-92 and long before that with the Sleepy Hollow Hog Stompers in 1962. The lyrics for the two are almost identical (thanks to Matt Schofield for checking the 1962 version)

Take me back to the place I first saw the light
To the sweet sunny take me home
Where the mockingbirds sing me to rest every
Oh, why was I to roam?

I with regret of the dear home I left
Of the hearts that sheltered me there
Of wife and of dear of whom I'm bereft
For the old place do I sigh

Take me back to the place where the orange trees
To my in the evergreen shade
Where the from the river's green margins did grow (note 1)
And their sweet scent through the glade

Oh the path to our cottage they say has grown (note 2)
And the place is lonely around
I that the smiles and the forms I have seen
Now lie in the dark mossy

me back, let me see what is left that I knew
Can it be that the old house is
Dear of my childhood indeed must be few
And I must face death all

But yet I'll return to the of my birth
Where the have played round the door
they gathered wild blossoms that grow round the path
They'll echo our no more

Take me back to the where my little ones sleep
Massa lies buried close by
By the graves of my loved ones, I long for to
And among them to rest I die

Take me to the place where I first saw the light
To the sweet south take me home
Where the sing me to rest every night
Oh, why was I tempted to