SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME
(Irving King - aka James Campbell & Reginald Connelly)
Ernest Hare & Billy Jones - 1926
Vincent Lopez & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1926
California Ramblers - 1926
Frank Crumit - 1926
The Andrews Sisters - 1963
Julie London - 1968
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 1977
As recorded by FRANK CRUMIT:
Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago and it’s gone right to my head
Wherever I may roam on land or sea or foam
You can always hear me singing this song, show me the way to go home
When I'm happy, when I'm happy singin’ all the while
I don’t need nobody there to show me how to smile
When I’ve been out on a spree, toddling down the street
With this little melody everyone I greet
Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago and it’s gone right to my head
Wherever I may roam on land or sea or foam
You can always hear me singing this song, show me the way to go home
Ol’ King Cole was a merry old soul and a merry old soul was he
He called for his wine and he called for his pipe and he called for his fiddlers three
When they had a high old time all the whole night through
What was it that King Cole said and his fiddlers, too
Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago and it’s gone right to my head
Wherever I may roam on land or sea or foam
You can always hear me singing this song, show me the way to go home
Buying drinks, a lot of ginks gathered in a swell cafe
A Scotsman who had quite a few was feelin’ rather gay
He kept drinking with each guy as the hours fled
When it came his turn to buy, he stands up and says
(in Scottish accent)
Show me the way to go home, I'm tirrrrred and I want to go to bed
I had a wee drappy about an hour ago and it’s gone right to my head
Whereverrrr I may rrrrroam on land orrr sea orrr foam
You can always hearrrrr me singing this song, show me the way to go home
Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago and it’s gone right to my head
Wherever I may roam on land or sea or foam
You can always hear me singing this song, show me the way to go home
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2012)
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A PARODY:
Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it went right to my head
Where ever I may roam
On land or sea or foam
You will always hear me singing this song
Show me the way to go home
Alternate 2nd verses
Indicate the way to my abode
I'm fatigued and I want to retire
I had a spot of beverage sixty minutes ago
And it went right to my cerebellum
Wherever I may perambulate
On land, or sea or atmospheric vapour
You can always hear me crooning the melody
Indicate the way to my abode
Lead me to my bed
I'm knackered and I want to get some kip
I had a bit of booze about an hour ago
And it went right to my cop
Wherever I may stroll
To the pub, or to the dole
You will always hear me making this noise
Lead me to my bed
Indicate the way to my abode
I'm fatigued and I want to retire
I imbibed a few about sixty minutes ago
And it percolated right through my cerebellum
Wherever I may perambulate
O'er terra firma or sea or aqueous precipitate
You will always hear me rendering this melody
Indicate the way to my abode
(Contributed by =Ae= - May 2012)
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As recorded by THE ANDREWS SISTERS:
When I'm happy, when I'm happy, singin' all the while
I don't need nobody then to show me how to smile
When I've been out on the spree, toddling down the street
With this little melody everyone I greet
Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I wanta go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago and it went right to my head
Where ever I may roam on land or sea or foam
You can always hear me singin' this song, show me the way to go home
(Instrumental Break)
Miss Fitzsimmons went in swimmin' early one Summer morn
She took a dip and she heard a rip, she knew her suit was torn
She stayed till the change of tide took the water out
When no longer she could hide, she began to shout
Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I wanta go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago and it went right to my head
Where ever I may roam on land or sea or foam
You can always hear me singin' this song, show me the way to go
Don't tell me where to go, show me the way to go home
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2018)
