1.
Sweetness of spring
Memories bring
Of a place I long to be.
Land of sunshine
Calls this old heart of mine,
Come back to Tennessee.
Chorus:
‖: When it’s iris time down in Tennessee,
I’ll be coming back to stay
Where the mockingbird sings at the break of day
A lilting love song gay.
Where the iris grows,
Where the Harpeth flows,
That is where I long to be.
There’s a picture there that lives in memory
When it’s iris time in Tennessee. :‖
2.
Rocks and the rills,
Deep tinted hills,
There’s no spot so dear to me.
Where’er I roam
Still it’s my home, sweet home,
My own, my Tennessee.
Chorus