The children that this old house once knew have long been gone away from its view   But today is the day they've all come home   For today there's a family gathering at home   We'll have a big Sunday dinner and sing some old hymns   And this house will be filled with laughter again   And these walls will ring out with a joyful tone   For today there's a family gathering at home   [ steel ]   This house has been lonesome since the children have gone   But today it is filled with good happy song   It's like the old house that once I'd known   For today there's a family gathering at home   We'll have a big Sunday dinner...