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“Home, Sweet Home”

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  1. A popular song from the nineteenth century. Its words include, “Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.”


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Inside Dorothy’s Kansan house, a once-shadowed frying pan on the wall now dangles front and center, as does a digitally added “Home Sweet Home” needlepoint nailed to the threshold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025

“I liken it to being a playwright who wrote a great play 40 years ago,“ says Burkett, who actually did write a musical called “Home Sweet Home” back in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024

In February, they moved into a renovated trailer near downtown, with a “Home Sweet Home” mat greeting them at the door.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

The play begins in a middle-class living room, embellished with “Home Sweet Home” throw pillows and an outsize American flag.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022

No unresponsive soul had heard That plaintive note’s appealing, So deeply “Home Sweet Home” had stirred The hidden founts of feeling.

From Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader by Louise Manly

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