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Thread #9395 Message #3832999
Posted By: Helen
16-Jan-17 - 01:31 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Show Me the Way to Go Home
Subject: RE: Origins: Show Me the Way to Go Home
Hi all,
Thanks for this thread. My parents used to sing this song sometimes. I have never, ever heard the funny variations on the song.
We used to have a funny plastic ashtray with a comical man hanging on to a lamp post, looking very inebriated. I think the caption on it was Show Me the Way to Go Home. I remember that we used to sing the song when we saw it.
The Frank Crumit recording shows that it is a good ukulele song, and would be good for a sing-along with uke players.