John Howard Payne - 'Home Sweet Home' Editorial Photo

John Howard Payne a wanderer from home sits down to write 'Home Sweet Home'. "Home Sweet Home" is a song adapted from American actor and dramatist John Howard Payne's 1823 opera Clari or the Maid of Milan the song's melody was composed by Englishman Sir Henry Bishop with lyrics by Payne. John Howard Payne was an American actor poet playwright and author who had nearly two decades of a theatrical career and success in London. He is today most remembered as the creator of "Home! Sweet Home!" a song he wrote in 1822 that became widely popular in the United States and the English-speaking world.