The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #572   Message #88138
Posted By: Ferrara
20-Jun-99 - 04:27 AM
Thread Name: ADD: In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town
Subject: RE: Shanty and Old Shanty Town
Hi. You can find the names of countless recordings of this song by searching for "old shanty town" via your search engine. I found so many sites that, not knowing what kind of recording you wanted, I didn't try to identify any of them for you. BUT. Here are the words (from memory, watch out for mistakes!) of the chorus:

It's only a shanty in an old shanty town
The roof is so slanty, it touches the ground,
But that tumbledown shack by an old railroad track
Like a millionaire's mansion, is calling me back
I'd give up a palace if I were a king,
It's more than a palace, it's my everything
There's a queen waiting there, with her silvery hair
In a shanty in an old shanty town.

Good luck - Rita Ferrara