SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
(Bud Green / Les Brown / Ben Homer)

Les Brown & His Orch. (vocal: Doris Day) - 1944
The Merry Macs - 1945
Hal McIntyre & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1945
Paul Fenoulhet & The Skyrockets Dance Orch. (voal: Doreen Lundy) - 1945
Harry Gold & His Pieces Of Eight - 1946
Kurt Widmann & His Orch. (vocal: Detlev Lais) - 1946
Ella Fitzgerald (with Eddie Heywood's Orch.) - 1947
Ruth Brown & The Delta Rhythm Boys - 1950
David Rose & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1950
The Ames Brothers (with Les Brown & His Band Of Renown) - 1951
Red Kirk - 1951
The Four Knights - 1952
Lynn Hope - 1952
The Four Lads - 1956
Ray Conniff, His Orch. & Chorus - 1956
Leonard Carbo - 1956
Louis Prima & Keely Smith - 1957
The Three Suns - 1957
Eve Boswell - 1957
Patti & Margie - 1958
Edna Savage & Michael Holliday - 1958
Conway Twitty - 1959
Kay Starr - 1959
Dinah Shore - 1959
Joni James - 1959
Gary Crosby - 1959
Eydie Gorme & Steve Lawrence - 1960
Julie London - 1960
Margie Rayburn - 1960
Cliff Richard - 1960
Amie Lindahl - 1960
Frank Sinatra - 1961
Ferlin Husky - 1962
The Platters - 1963
Ray Charles - 1966
Wilbert Harrison - 1966
Harpers Bazarre - 1968
Bobbi Martin - 1971
Diana Rigg - 1972
Vince Hill - 1974
Dave Dudley - 1976
Rita Remington - 1979

Also recorded by:
The Bey Sisters; The Chordettes; Ray Price; Sammy Stevens; Tommy Dorsey;
Bert Kaempfert; Charlie Parker; The Big Beats; Lucky Starr & The Hepparays;
Lawrence Welk; Acker Bilk; Gitta Lind & Christa Williams; Rosemary Clooney;
Chas & Dave; Ray Anthony; Earl Bostic; Frank Chacksfield; George Shearing;
Floyd Cramer; Fats Domino; Tommy Dorsey; The Squadronaires; Hank Snow;
Syd Lawrence; Enoch Light; Miki & Griff; Billy Vaughn; Ted Heath & His Music;
The Mulcays; Ivor Moreton & Dave Kaye; Schoolboy Porter; Svend Asmussen;
Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland; Bing Williams; Arthur Lyman; Harry Robinson's XV;
Pete Fountain; Roger Whittaker; Anita Kerr Singers; Ken Griffin; Tony Bennett;
Willie Nelson; The Beverley Sisters; Carl Mann; Barry Manilow; Rita Coolidge;
Boots Randolph; Tommy Edwards; Lionel Hampton; The Keymen; Kay Martin;
Helen Forrest; Crystal Gayle; Woody Herman; Harry James; The Pied Pipers;
Duke Ellington; Greengage; Ringo Starr ......... and many, many others.




As recorded by DORIS DAY
with Les Brown & His Orch., 20th November 1944:


Gonna take a sentimental journey
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories

Got my bag, got my reservation
Spent each dime I could afford
Like a child in wild anticipation
Long to hear that "All aboard"

Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven
I'll be waitin' up at heaven
Countin' every mile of railroad track
That takes me back

Never thought my heart could be so yearny
Why did I decide to roam
Gotta take that sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home

Sentimental journey!


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As recorded by DINAH SHORE:


Gonna take a sentimental journey
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories (All aboard)

Got my bag I got my reservation (All aboard)
Spent each dime I could afford (All aboard)
Like a child in wild anticipation (All aboard)
Long to hear that all aboard

Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven
I'll be waitin' up for heaven
Countin' every mile of railroad track
That takes me back

Never thought my heart could be so yearny
Why did I decide to roam
Gonna take a sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home

I wanna go back home, way down to Nashville
Wanna go back home, do you know why
I miss the folks I love, Ma's home cookin'
Sittin' round the fire at a catfish fry

I miss the black eyed peas, mustard greens
Candied yams, home baked beans
I wanta fill my mouth with southern ham
Slip a whiff o' ribs about the kid when I'm back

Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven
I'll be waitin' up for heaven
Countin' every mile of railroad track
That takes me back

Never thought my heart could be so yearny
Why did I decide to roam
Gotta take a sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home

We got the sixteen tons of number nine coal
The Rock Island Line is gonna rock and roll
Roll, roll, roll
Carry me home
(All aboard)
All aboard!


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2019)