I'm helping someone who is writing about the popular hymn called Kom Hem. It used to be in the old brown Augustana Hymnal, published in 1925 and in use until 1958. Would appreciate anything about the origin of the melody and the author of the text as well as an English translation. It is not found in the Swensk Psalmbok (Helsingfors 1900) nor in den Swenska Psalmbok af 1819 (published 1885 in Rock Island, IL). The words are:
Kom hem, kom hem!
Ljuder Frälsarens röst,
Och ditt kvalfyllda bröst
skall hos honom få tröst.
Förlorade son,
Kom hem, o kom hem!
Kom hem! Kom, o, kom hem!
June
Kom hem, kom hem!
Ljuder Frälsarens röst,
Och ditt kvalfyllda bröst
skall hos honom få tröst.
Förlorade son,
Kom hem, o kom hem!
Kom hem! Kom, o, kom hem!
June
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