[freepersup]

Thank YOU! Thank YOU! Thank YOU!

Salt of the earth- that woman on that day, forever etched into my memory and upon my heart.

Jim Nabors - Back Home Again In Indiana (1972 Indianapolis 500) (Jim’s first year at Indy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWk2sH9PduQ

Jim Nabors’ Last “Back Home Again in Indiana” 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wcgaRkHAWY

[Verse 1]

I have always been a wand’rer
Over land and sea
Yet a moonbeam on the water
Casts a spell o’er me
A vision fair I see
Again I seem to be

[Chorus]

Back home again in Indiana
And it seems that I can see
The gleaming candlelight, still shining bright
Thru the sycamores for me
The new mown hay sends all its fragrance
From the fields I used to roam
When I dream about the moonlight on the Wabash
Then I long for my Indiana home

[Verse 2]

Fancy paints on mem’ry’s canvas
Scenes that we hold dear
We recall them in days after
Clearly they appear
And often times I see
A scene that’s dear to me

[Chorus]

Back home again in Indiana
And it seems that I can see
The gleaming candlelight, still shining bright
Thru the sycamores for me
The new mown hay sends all its fragrance
From the fields I used to roam
When I dream about the moonlight on the Wabash
Then I long for my Indiana home

[hoosiermama]

Was raise along the Wabash. With a local eatery’s large TAVERN sign flashing between us and the water. Was in college before the line
“the gleaming Tavern lights still burning bright” was clarified. Oops

[Seattle Conservative]

Lovely song and lyrics!

[nicksaunt]

I had a friend who moved out to California in the late 60’s from Indiana. Even though her mom, (a very strong and no-nonsense lady) lived the rest of her life in California, she would cry like a baby when Jim Nabors sang Back Home in Indiana. Her love for her home state always touched me.