Back to Bradford

by Joseph Riley & Mary Bradley
--for Old Home Week & Centennial, 1925

My heart has been tuned in,
with a station far away.
A station in old Bradford
and they’re calling night and day.

Calling from my old hometown
in the Allegheny hills.
Back in dear old Pennsylvania.
And my thoughts with joy it fills.

So, I’m going back to Bradford
to the county of McKean
to the state of Pennsylvania
to the towns of which I dream.

Yes, I’m going back to Tarport,
Derrick City, Duke, and Rew.
Sure I’m going back next August,
so are you, and you and you.

The radio is broadcasting
that we’re all expected there.
‘Neath the arches over Main Street
and the big light on the square.

I can’t resist the calling
and I’m going back to see
that loved place and loving faces
which mean so much to me.

So, I’m going back to Bradford
to the county of McKean
to the state of Pennsylvania
to the towns of which I dream.

Yes, I’m going back to Tarport,
Derrick City, Duke, and Rew.
Sure, I’m going back next August,
so are you, and you and you.