Verse Farewell to the mountains, whose maizes to me More beautiful far than Eden could be The home I redeemed from the savage and wild The home I have loved as a father his child Bridge The wife of my bosom farewell to ye’all In the land of the stranger I rise or I fall Verse The home I redeemed from the savage and wild The home I have loved as a father his child The wife of my bosom farewell to ya’ll In the land of the stranger I rise or I fall