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Lyrics below are from the sheet music at York University. The Internet Archive has recordings by Vernon Dalhart and by The Virginians—both from 1924.


BRINGIN' HOME THE BACON
Words and music by Frank Bannister, Lew Colwell, Van & Schenk, ©1924.

1. Take a look at me; take a look at me.
I’m another self-made man,
Make a lot of dough; now I want to go back home.
I’ve had my lesson when it comes to runnin’ wild.
Hereafter I’m confessin’ I’ll be mama’s angel child.

CHORUS 1: I’m bringin’ home the bacon to a mama down in Macon.
She’s waited patiently for me.
You ask me why I’m shakin’. I’m excited ‘cause I’m takin’
The five-fifteen back where I long to be.
I’ve been up and down, down and up; now I’ve got success,
So the thing to do, even you are smart enough to guess:
I’m bringin’ home the bacon; gonna give instead of takin’.
That’s makin’ bacon rake in happiness.

2. Far away Broadway, far away Broadway,
There’s a land of happiness.
Like a wise old fox, I will take my rocks along.
No gleaming white light’s gonna blind me from the fact.
Discretion means possession, so I’ll use a little tact.

CHORUS 2: I’m bringin’ home the bacon to a mama down in Macon.
Believe you me when I declare
I’m passin’ up temptation, gonna buy my transportation
To Georgia ‘cause my heart is ever there.
I’m a rollin’ stone now and then, but I must confess,
When she wrote to me, “Boy, come home.” You bet I answered “Yes.”
I’m bringin’ home the bacon; gonna give instead of takin’.
That’s makin’ bacon rake in happiness.

CHORUS 3: I’m bringin’ home the bacon to a mama down in Macon.
She’s been a sticker through and through.
Just hear me when I stutter: her biscuits spread with butter
Would make a doggone glutton out of you.
Pretty seal-skin Browns, steppin’ hounds, get you in a mess.
Lot of fancy clothes, dominoes (ah ha!), they get you less.
I’m bringin’ home the bacon; gonna give instead of takin’.
That’s makin’ bacon rake in happiness.

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Spotify also has recordings by:
Billy Jones, 1924
The Georgians with B. Seeley, 1924
The Hoosier Hot Shots, ca. 1945
Rex Allen, 1953