Tom Paxton - Home, Sweet Oklahoma lyrics

Down by the Canadian River early one morning in spring I wondered what I might give her to go with a gold wedding ring The land that my granddaddy fought for The land where my two parents lie A piece of my sweet Oklahoma A home for my sweetheart and I Here in home sweet Oklahoma how sweet it can be And home sweet Oklahoma is a home sweet home to me Granddaddy came down from Kansas back in those Cimmaron days He met my Grandma in Guthrie and gave up his roustabout ways He bought him some land by the river Raised him some cattle and corn Built him a house in the cottonwood grove And that's where my daddy was born Here in home sweet Oklahoma how sweet it can be And home sweet Oklahoma is a home sweet home to me Now I wake up after midnight and quietly slip from my bed I go out and stand in the meadow and gaze at the stars overhead The moon is high in the heavens So bright that the stars disappear I thank God for my sleeping family I thank God for putting me here Here in home sweet Oklahoma how sweet it can be And home sweet Oklahoma is a home sweet home to me