The following lyrics are from the sheet music at IndianaHistory.org: Click for a PDF. Billy Jones & Ernest Hare (The Happiness Boys) stick pretty close to the original lyrics, but they embellish the song with some new lines after the first chorus.


YOU'RE IN KENTUCKY, SURE AS YOU'RE BORN
Words and music by George A. Little, Haven Gillespie & Larry Shay
New York: Broadway Music Corporation, ©1923.

1. I've heard a lot 'bout Paradise,
But Paradise ain't half as nice
As my Kentucky home-sweet-home.
You'll sure believe just what I say
If you should ever stray some day
Down to my old Kentucky home.
It won't be hard to find
If you'll keep this on your mind:

CHORUS: When you see a field where grass is blue,
And ev'rything looks good to you,
You're in Kentucky sure as you're born.
When a million sunbeams light your way,
Says, "Come on, stranger, won't you stay?"
You're in Kentucky sure as you're born.
When the shadows creep,
You can go to sleep
On a carpet of moonbeams.
You can dream your dreams
'Neath a blanket of gleaming stars.
If you wake at dawn 'mid glist'nin' dew,
And find old Dixie kissin' you,
You're in Kentucky sure as you're born.

2. I'd surely love to fall asleep,
Let pretty dreams around me creep
Of my Kentucky home-sweet-home.
Just put me on a railroad track.
Won't need no train to take me back
To my Kentucky home-sweet-home.
If you go down there someday
Please remember what I say: CHORUS