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