There's a place where the sun doth shine And the birds keep time with the pines up a-yonder That's the home of my Caroline She's dancing in the sky ♪ Oh, how sweet when we meet On the golden streets of the great white valley These old chains around my feet They're pulling me back down Caroline, oh Caroline I'll be home just at any old time The grave and the garden won't be satisfied Until your name's next to mine ♪ My bones to break and my hands do shake As I lie in the wake of time's cruel slaughter But if I die before I wake I'm gonna see my Caroline Caroline, oh Caroline I'll be home just at any old time The grave and the garden won't be satisfied Until your name's next to mine ♪ There's a place where the sun doth shine And the birds keep time with the pines up a-yonder That's the home of my Caroline She's dancing in the sky Caroline, oh Caroline I'll be home just at any old time The grave and the garden won't be satisfied Until your name's next to mine Caroline, my Caroline I'll be home just at any old time The grave and the garden won't be satisfied Until your name's next to mine