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%abc-2.1 %%stretchlast X:1 T:Show Me The Way To Go Home C:Irving King C:Hal Swain 1925 M:4/4 L:1/4 Q:1/4=120 K:C G G G G | A A A A | G G F E | F4 | w:When I'm hap-py, when I'm hap-py sing-ing all the while G G G G | A A A A | G G F F | E4 | w:I don't need no-bod-y then to show me how to smile D D E E | F D F2 | G G =G F | F4 | w:When I've been out on the spree, todd-ling down the street D D E E | F D F2 | D D =A F | B4 | w:With this lit-tle mel-o-dy ev-ry one I greet G G/2^F/2 G/2F/2 G | E3 G | A A/2G/2 A/2G/2G/2^F/2 | G3 G | w:Show me the way to go home, I'm tired and I want to go to bed. I G/2^F/2G/2F/2 G/2F/2G/2F/2 | G/2^F/2=F/2(E/2 E) G/2G/2 | G F F G | F2 z B | w:I had a lit-tle drink a-bout an hour a-go - and it's gone right to my head. No G G G G | E3 G | A A A A | G3 E/2F/2 | w:mat-ter where I roam, o'er land o'er sea, o'er foam You will G G G G | G/2^F/2=F/2(=E/2 E) z | G G/2^F/2 G/2F/2G/2(E/2 | E4) | w:al-ways hear me sing-ing this song, - Show me the way to go home!
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Song Note
Song by
Irving King
and
Hal Swain
Country of origin:
England
Folk song references:
Roud-RN7859
Song to be found in the following collection(s):
After The Campfire Song Book