. ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : Pop ulated ▁places ▁in ▁Ju y bar ▁County <0x0A> </s> ▁" Home , ▁S weet ▁Home " ▁is ▁a ▁song ▁adapted ▁from ▁American ▁actor ▁and ▁dram at ist ▁John ▁Howard ▁Pay ne ' s ▁ 1 8 2 3 ▁opera ▁Cl ari , ▁or ▁the ▁Ma id ▁of ▁Milan , ▁the ▁song ' s ▁mel ody ▁was ▁composed ▁by ▁English man ▁Sir ▁Henry ▁Bishop ▁with ▁lyr ics ▁by ▁Pay ne . ▁Bishop ▁had ▁earlier ▁published ▁a ▁more ▁elaborate ▁version ▁of ▁this ▁mel ody , ▁naming ▁it ▁" A ▁Sic ilian ▁Air ", ▁but ▁he ▁later ▁conf essed ▁to ▁having ▁written ▁it ▁himself . ▁ ▁The ▁song ' s ▁lyr ics ▁are : ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁song ▁was ▁published ▁separately , ▁it ▁quickly ▁sold ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies . ▁The ▁publish ers ▁made ▁a ▁considerable ▁profit ▁from ▁it , ▁net ▁£ 2 , 1 0 0 ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁year , ▁and ▁the ▁producer ▁of ▁the ▁opera ▁did ▁well . ▁Only ▁Pay ne ▁did ▁not ▁really ▁profit ▁by ▁its ▁success . ▁" Wh ile ▁his ▁money ▁last ed , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁prince ▁of ▁bo hem ians ", ▁but ▁had ▁little ▁business ▁sense . ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 2 ▁Henry ▁Bishop ▁" re launch ed " ▁the ▁song ▁as ▁a ▁parl our ▁ball ad , ▁and ▁it ▁became ▁very ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁throughout ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War ▁and ▁after . ▁The ▁song ' s ▁American ▁premi ere ▁took ▁place ▁at