Lyr Req: No place like home? / Home Sweet Home

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: No place like home? / Home Sweet Home
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 Oct 10 - 09:59 PM

First I noticed that there were several songs that referred to (alluded to, mentioned, quoted, etc.) the song HOME SWEET HOME, and I thought it might be fun to transcribe them and post them here. I did a couple of songs, and then I began to wonder how many more I had to do.

Next, I thought I'd better just compile a list of those songs.

Whoa! Little did I realize how many there are! After working on this list for several hours, I'm still not finished, and I don't have a very good idea of how many more hours it would take to finish. So I'm calling a halt for the time being.

So far, I've only checked 3 web sites that have a lot of sheet music: Indiana University, The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music, and The Library of Congress (LoC). Those are the biggest ones, but there are still lots of smaller ones.

Here are my results so far.

1. Songs that have the phrase "home sweet home" as part of the title.

AFTER THE WAR IS OVER (WILL THERE BE ANY HOME SWEET HOME?), by E. J. Pourmon & Harry Andrieu, 1917, Indiana.
ALL ABOARD FOR HEAVEN (ALL ABOARD FOR HOME SWEET HOME), by Billy Rose & Joseph Meyer, 1925, Levy.
ALL ABOARD FOR HOME SWEET HOME, by Addison Burkhardt & Al Piantadosi, 1918, Indiana.
BACK TO MOTHER AND HOME SWEET HOME, by Jack Frost & F. Henri Klickman, 1917, Indiana.
COME BACK HOME (BACK TO HOME SWEET HOME), by Al Dubin & George B. McConnell, 1915, Duke.
COME BACK TO HOME SWEET HOME, by Vernon T. Stevens, 1918, Indiana.
DEAREST SPOT ON EARTH TO ME IS HOME SWEET HOME, unknown, no date, LoC.
D-I-X-I-E SPELLS "HOME SWEET HOME" TO ME, by Eddie Doerr, Edgar Farran and Paul Cunningham, 1912, Levy.
DOWN THE TRAIL TO HOME SWEET HOME, by Ernest R. Ball, 1920, Indiana, LoC.
DREAMING OF HOME SWEET HOME, by Ballard MacDonald & James F. Hanley, 1918, Indiana, Levy.
DREAMING OF MOTHER AND OF HOME SWEET HOME, by E. B. Holmes, 1906, Indiana, Levy.
DREAMING OF MY OLD HOME SWEET HOME, by Geoffrey O'Hara, 1924, Indiana.
DREAMS OF HOME SWEET HOME, by Robert Goldbeck, 1879, LoC.
HE NEVER CARES TO WANDER FROM HIS OWN FIRESIDE (THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME, SWEET HOME), Felix McGlennon, 1892, LoC.
HEAVENLY LAND ALONE TO ME IS HOME SWEET HOME, C. Cook & Lottie Oakwood, 1857, LoC.
HI-DE-HOME SWEET HOME, by Howard Dietz & Arthur Schwartz, 1934, Levy.
HOME SWEET HOME IN MAUMEE VALLEY, by Elsie Birt Byers & Alfred Lavier Brown, 1941, Indiana.
HOME SWEET HOME SOUNDS GOOD TO ME, by Andrew B. Sterling & Harry Von Tilzer, 1906, Indiana, Levy
HONOLULU (HOME SWEET HOME), by James S. Royce & Harry J. Lincoln, 1927, Indiana.
IF I ONLY HAD A HOME SWEET HOME, by J. Johns & A. L. McDermott, 1906, Indiana, Levy.
I'M GOING TO TAKE THE TRAIN FOR HOME SWEET HOME, by Herbert Ingraham, 1910, Levy.
IN A LITTLE TOWN CALLED HOME SWEET HOME, by Walter Donaldson, 1928, Indiana.
IN OUR LITTLE HOME SWEET HOME, by Chester Rice, 1922, Indiana.
IN THAT LITTLE IRISH HOME SWEET HOME, by William Jerome & Harry Von Tilzer, 1921, Indiana.
IN THE HARBOR OF HOME SWEET HOME, by C. M. Denison & A. J. Holmes, 1910, Indiana.
INDIANA MY HOME SWEET HOME by Clifford Slider, 1963, Indiana.
IT MAKES ME THINK OF HOME SWEET HOME, by Frank D. Bryan, 1904, LoC.
IT'S A LONG LONG WAY TO THE U.S.A. (AND MY OWN LITTLE HOME SWEET HOME), by Zeph Fitz-Gerald, 1917, Levy.
JUST A LITTLE COTTAGE (I'LL CALL IT "HOME SWEET HOME"), by Al Harriman & Jack Egan, 1917, Indiana.
LAST LITTLE MILE IS THE LONGEST (WHEN YOU'RE LONGING FOR HOME SWEET HOME), by Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis, Walter Donaldson, 1921, Indiana.
OLD FASHIONED HOME SWEET HOME, by Jack Chapman, 1924, Indiana.
ON THE ROAD TO HOME SWEET HOME, by Gustave Kahn & Egbert Van Alstyne, 1917, Indiana, Levy.
ONLY A MESSAGE FROM HOME SWEET HOME, by Carroll Fleming & Edmond N. Florant, 1905, Indiana.
SOMEONE IS LONGING FOR HOME SWEET HOME, by Jack Stern, 1918, Indiana.
SOMEONE IS WAITING AT HOME SWEET HOME, by C. M. Denison & A. J. Holmes, 1912, Indiana.
THAT'S WHAT PUTS THE "SWEET" IN HOME SWEET HOME, by Mack Gordon & Ed Lowry, 1928, Indiana.
THE DARKEY'S HOME SWEET HOME, by Charles E. Baer, 1899, LoC.
THE SONG THAT REACHED MY HEART (HOME SWEET HOME), by Julian Jordan, 1887, Indiana, Levy.
THERE'S A MOTHER ALWAYS WAITING YOU AT HOME SWEET HOME, by James Thornton, 1912, Indiana.
THERE'S A VACANT CHAIR AT HOME SWEET HOME (WHEN THE WORLD GOES BACK ON YOU), by Joe Goodwin & James F. Hanley, 1920, Levy.
THERE'S NO MORE HARMONY AT HOME SWEET HOME, by Sam M. Lewis & Ted Snyder, 1917, Indiana.
WELCOME HOME SWEET HOME, by E. Richard Karle, 1919, Levy.
WHEN THE BAND PLAYS "INDIANA" (THEN I'M HUMMING "HOME SWEET HOME"), by Billy Gaston, 1918, Indiana.
WHEN THE ROBIN RED-BREAST SINGS HIS HOME SWEET HOME, by Bartley Costello & Charles E. Baer, 1901, Indiana.
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN IN SLEEPY HOLLOW (THAT'S THE TIME I THINK OF HOME SWEET HOME), by Benny Davis & Joe Burke, 1918, Indiana.
WON'T YOU WALTZ "HOME SWEET HOME" WITH ME FOR OLD TIMES SAKE?, by Herbert Ingraham, 1907, Levy.

2. Songs that have the phrase "home sweet home" in the lyrics, but not in the title.

BRAKEMAN'S BLUES, by Jimmie Rodgers, 1956, First Line of Chorus: Any old place I hang my hate is home sweet home to me, Indiana.
COLORADO, MY HOME, by Meredith Willson, 1964, First Line: Colorado, my home sweet home. Hear yourself laugh and you laugh, Indiana.
DEAR OLD MOTHER, by Lester M. Stroube & Walter A. Stroube, 1923, First Line: Down the lane I'll stroll back to my home sweet home, Indiana.
DOWN WHERE THE SOUTH BEGINS, by Sam M, Lewis & J. Russel Robinson, 1924, First Line of Chorus: It's the end of roamin', I'm home sweet homein', down where the south begins, Indiana.
FOUR WALLS, by Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, & Billy Rose, 1927, First Line: They're playing "Home Sweet Home" the dance is over, Indiana.
GEORGIA, by Howard Johnson & Walter Donaldson, 1922, Georgia! Georgia! My home sweet home. How I've adored ya', Indiana.
I WANNA GO BACK (TO DEAR OLD MOTHER'S KNEE), by Joe Goodwin & James F. Hanley, 1919, First Line: Years ago when but a child I wander'd along the path that led from home sweet home, Indiana.
I WANT YOU GEORGIA, by Stanley Murphy & Albert Gumble, 1916, First Line: He was far away from "home sweet home" he long'd to roam among the pines of dear old Georgia, Indiana.
IDAHO, by Harry Tobias, Charles Tobias, & George J. Bennett, 1922, First Line: Ev'rywhere you roam, is someone's home sweet home, Indiana.
O GLORIOUS LAND, AMERICA, by Fred Doeppers, 1917, America, America united, thou'rt "home sweet home" to me, Indiana.
PLEASE BRING MY DADDY BACK TO ME, by Franklin Earl Hathaway & Leo Friedman, 1918, First Line: Twilight brings mem'ries of home, sweet home, Indiana.
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY, by Les Brown, Bud Green, & Ben Homer, 1944, First Line: Ev'ry rolling stone gets to feel alone when home, sweet home is, Indiana.
WINDING TRAIL, by George Hayden & George P. Howard, 1927, First Line of Chorus: I'm on the winding trail to home sweet home I'm on the homeward, Indiana.

Subject: Lyr Add: S.Y.D.N.E.Y. SPELLS HOME SWEET HOME TO ME
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 03 Oct 10 - 09:55 PM

From the sheet music at The National Library of Australia:


S.Y.D.N.E.Y. SPELLS HOME SWEET HOME TO ME
Words and music by Lew Dunn
Sydney: Clay's Programs, [192-?]
"Sung with terrific success by Clay's 25 Whizz-Bangs"

1. I've travel'd this world, you bet,
But I've seen nothing yet
Ahead of this great town.
I've seen old Gay Paree,
England and Germany,
Whose sights are great but ours are renowned,
So while this world does turn,
While you're away you'll yearn.
To come back again and sing with feeling—

CHORUS: Sydney Town, Sydney Town,
You're the best place that I know
On Sunday afternoon
Just see those couples spoon,
Manly Beach or Watson's Bay
And round at Coogee all the day,
Oh, Take me there. Take me there. Those places just suit me.
S–Y-D-N-E-Y spells Home Sweet Home to me.

2. I always was so sad,
But today I feel so glad,
'Cause I'm back in my hometown.
They can have their Tennessee,
Caroline or Waikiki.
Those places that are known by great renown,
So should you ever roam,
Far away from home,
You'll come back again and sing, as I am— CHORUS

Subject: Lyr Add: HE SANG A SONG OF HOME SWEET HOME (Gill)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 03 Oct 10 - 09:15 PM

There are several songs that seem to be sequels, "answer" songs, or at any rate, songs that quote from or allude to the earlier song HOME SWEET HOME. Here's one of them:

From the sheet music at The National Library of Australia:


HE SANG A SONG OF HOME! SWEET HOME!
Words and music by A. T. Gill
London: East London Printing Co.; Melbourne: Star Music Stores, [189-?]

1. Far away on Australian shore beneath a foreign clime,
Some miners sat all round a camp. it was nigh on Christmas time.
Each spoke in turn of travels and how they loved to roam,
When the talking had ceased, they called on a pard to sing to remind them of home.

CHORUS: And he sang a song of Home Sweet Home that touched each miner's heart.
It made them all think of England and home, wife, mother or fond sweetheart.
It was not such a new song, but admitted a true song, and richly in facts it did gloam.
He sang that old ditty, tho' weird strangely pretty, the dear song of Home Sweet Home.

2. The miners listened to the song, and the thoughts of home came clear.
It made them think when they'd return to clasp whom they found dear.
Their hard hearts were melted as they sang the sweet refrain.
With tears in their eyes, they asked the singer to sing them the old song again.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There's no place like home
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Sep 02 - 11:49 PM

Masato,

Great version. I think we'll need Stewie to translate that one!

-Richie

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There's no place like home
From: masato sakurai
Date: 30 Sep 02 - 11:35 PM

Thanks, Richie. Incidentally, Cajun version of "Home Sweet Home" by Breaux Freres is on Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (disc 3, track 12) [with sound clip].

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There's no place like home
From: GUEST,LINGOLUCKY
Date: 30 Sep 02 - 10:49 PM

MY father sang a song thatwent:"there's no place like home, but i was afraid to go home in the dark." Anybody know it,

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There's no place like home
From: GUEST,Richie
Date: 30 Sep 02 - 10:39 PM

Masato,

We play and sing "Home Sweet Home" with different lyrics. I call them the bluegrass version. I know two different sets of lyrics one is from Neil Griffin's Banjo Book and the other we did on our last CD, Farther Along.

I've been putting lyrics on my siteClick here
for several months. Our version is there.

Masato, you really know the internet sites. You are also a very helpful info dispenser. Thanks.

In your honor I think I'll sing your Japanese lyrics at our next performance. And they say Charlie Poole is hard to understand!

-Richie

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There's no place like home
From: masato sakurai
Date: 30 Sep 02 - 08:21 PM

Mr Happy, yes I am. I posted the Japanese lyrics in this thread: Lyrics request for Home Sweet Home.


~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There's no place like home
From: Mr Happy
Date: 30 Sep 02 - 07:37 PM

sakurai san,

domo arigato go zai mas!

9(I'm assuming you're a Nihon jin from your name- am i right or wrong?]

cheers,

happy san

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There's no place like home
From: masato sakurai
Date: 29 Sep 02 - 05:06 AM

There's a song "The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man" by Charlie Parker With Mark Woolbright (Columbia 15236 - D, February 1928). The recording is HERE (Honkingduck). The lyrics are in the DT.

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There's no place like home
From: Mr Happy
Date: 28 Sep 02 - 05:38 PM

nidge!

haaaaaaaaaah!brill! staggering!!!

Subject: Lyr Add: HOME SWEET HOME (parody)
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 28 Sep 02 - 05:28 PM

Again a parody heard at Scout campfires circa 1960:

The corporation muck cart
Was full up to the brim.
The driver fell in backwards,
Too bad he could not swim.
He sank right to the bottom,
Just like a little stone.
And as he sank he gurgled
"There's no place like home!"

Nigel

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There's no place like home
From: Mr Happy
Date: 28 Sep 02 - 01:08 PM

the above was me, had to reset bicky.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There's no place like home
From: GUEST,mr happy
Date: 28 Sep 02 - 01:06 PM

joe,

thanks a 10x100,000!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: There's no place like home
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 Sep 02 - 12:47 PM

Hi, Mr. Happy - apparently, the title of the song is Home Sweet Home (click), Words by John Howard Payne, music by Henry Rowley Bishop, 1823. When you use the blue DigiTrad search box, put a phrase from the song in square brackets. It's usually better to search for a distinctive phrase from the song, not just the title. [ever so humble] brings it right up.
The Digitrad and Forum Search (SuperSearch) doesn't need barckets for phrase searches.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: There's no place like home
From: Mr Happy
Date: 28 Sep 02 - 12:31 PM

hi all,

i've checked the dt. no trace. i thought it'd be bound to be included, maybe under a string of lyrics i don't have.

does anyone have the words?

all i have is 'be it ever so humble, there's no place like home'

also composer & date please.

thanks in advance,

mr h