Seeing Nellie Home

"Seeing Nellie Home" was an American song first published in the 1850s under the name "When I Saw Sweet Nellie Home."^[1] It was composed and arranged by John Fletcher. Frances Kyle is said to have written the lyrics. In subsequent versions of this song, the lyrics have been changed somewhat.^[2] Sometimes the song has been referred to as "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party."

A Civil War song, "Mother, I Am Going," was sung to the tune of "Seeing Nellie Home."

Performances and other versions

• Live in Japan, 1969, The Country Gentlemen
• "Old Likker in a New Jug", 2004, Mac Wiseman
• "Galax, Virginia Old Time Fiddlers Convention", 1964, Billy Edwards
• "Meet Me Down on Main Street", 1957, Mellomen Barber Shop Quartet
• "Memories of the Lucky U Ranch", 2002, Sons of the Pioneers
• "Bluegrass Instrumentals", 1962, Osborne Brothers
• "Four and a Half", 2009, The New North Carolina Ramblers
• "Reno and Smiley", 1959-1963, Don Reno and Red Smiley
• An unreleased recording of this song by Hank Williams exists
• The Johnny Cash Show of 25 March 1970 featured Cash with the Statler Brothers and the Carter Family singing this song
• " The Waltons"- Season 4, Episode 22, 2/12/76, the entire cast singing this song at the end of the show

References

1. http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/conf/conf04/conf0436/conf0436-1-72dpi.html
2. http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=19636&desc=yes#971205