COME ON TO NASHVILLE TENNESSEE
(Walter Donaldson,   1916)


I want to tell you that you've been real nice to me 
take a look and you can see I'm as happy as can be, 
I leave tomorrow just a word before I go 
I'm delighted so delighted 
Here's the thanks I want to show

If I should tell you 'Bout my mother's bill of fare 
And the good things you can share 
You'd be hungry as a bear 
There's something pleasing In the Southern atmosphere 
When you strike it you will like it 
You can stay for a year

Come on along with me and meet my family 
How glad they're goin' to be to have your company 
Altough you'll find no fancy style 
They're going to greet you with a smile 
You'll be itchin', you'll be itchin' to get around the kitchen 
Oh, if you only knew 
What mother thinks of you 
My friends are waiting too 
they're all expecting you 
Because I wrote them all about you, 
Now I can't go home without you, 
Don't be bashful come on to Nashville,
Come on to Nashville, Tennessee.