ME AND THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME

(Harry Leon, Leo Towers, Ross Aden)


As recorded by:
Primo Scala’s Accordion Band, Dir. Harry Bidgood
V. Sam Browne & Cavan O’Connor
Recorded June 1935



Twilight in Indiana
When my work is through once more
I go to meet Diana
And the old folks I adore

When the sun goes down in the heart of Indiana
And breezes softly blow
Every night we gather around the old piana
Me and the old folks at home

When the moon hangs low in the heart of Indiana
We use a paper and a comb
And we harmonise while Diana plays piana
Me and the old folks at home

Swanee, Swanee,
How we love that old refrain
Swanee, Swanee,
Every night we sing again

Can you wonder now why my heart’s in Indiana
Why I never roam
Every night we gather around the old piana
Me and the old folks at home




(Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM 
Record Collection by Bill Huntley - October 2013)