Lyr Req: My River Home (Young/Petkere)

Subject: Longing for my river home
From:
Date: 14 Oct 00 - 02:03 PM

We are looking for an american ballad-type song that we know from a player piano roll. It probably was popular in the 1920's or 1930's. The only line we can recall is "Longing for my river home" If you know anything about this song, please contact us. Thanks

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Longing for my river home
From: Zebedee
Date: 14 Oct 00 - 02:09 PM

I found some information on this page.

Title: My river home.
First Line: Big town you've got the best of me, big town there is no rest for me
Chorus: Longing for my river home, along the 'sippy shore
Music by: Petkere, Bernice.
Words by: Young, Joe.
P/P/D: New York : Irving Berlin Inc., c1932.
Location: SPC, KIRK PS 1930-1939

I'll see if I can find the rest of the words somewhere.

Zeb

Link fixed. --JoeClone, 25-Aug-02.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Longing for my river home
From: Zebedee
Date: 14 Oct 00 - 02:11 PM

oops, sorry for the html. Must have missed a tag

zeb