Sheet music exists for this at Indiana University, but it is not viewable online, due to copyright. I listened to it on Spotify.


MY LITTLE OLD HOME DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS
Written by Jimmie Rodgers
As recorded by Jimmie Rodgers, 12-Jun-1928.

1. I never knew that the place I grew
Is the grandest place on earth.
Till I roamed around from town to town,
But now I know what it's worth.
Listen while I tell you 'bout the place I mean:
It's my little old home down in New Orleans.
[YODEL]

2. In the sunny south where the black oil flows,
That's where I long to be;
In Dixie land where the white cotton grows
Is calling now to me.
And soon I'll be in the land of my dreams.
It's my little old old home down in new Orleans.
[YODEL]

3. I've been east and way out west;
Been around most ev'rywhere.
Now I'm headed south for a good long rest.
I'll be glad when I get there.
All the wonderful things in the world, it seems,
Are a-waiting for me down in New Orleans.
[YODEL]

[REPEAT 2 AND YODEL]
New Orleans.

[Early recordings were also made by Frank Luther, Burton and Bodine, Tal Henry and His Orchestra; it was recorded somewhat later by Grandpa Jones and Hank Snow.]