Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 27 Dec 10 - 06:17 PM

Jim Dixon, above, is correct.
Where the Morning Glories Grow
Composer: Richard A. Whiting
Lyricists:
Gus Kahn
Raymond B. Egan
Published Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York, 1917.
Date from Indiana University, In Harmony: Sheet Music from Indiana
(Sheet Music not shown).

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow
From: GUEST,Cindy Little Starowesky
Date: 22 Jan 11 - 08:57 PM

We sang this tune at Parkwood Heights Elementary in Jacksonville, FL in the late 50's.
I wanna wake in Florida where the orange blossoms grow,
Where the sun comes peepin into where I'm sleepin,
And the song birds say hello,
I love the fresh air and the sunshine,
They are good for us you know,
So I'll make my home in Florda,
where the orange blossoms grow.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow
From: GUEST,Clyde Shaw
Date: 06 Feb 11 - 12:02 PM

I attended Killarney Elementary School in Winter Park from 1954-1959

We were taught this cute little song by our school's music teacher, whose name I have long forgotten, but I remembered the song.

http://www.music-webclass.com/FLORIDA_songs.htm

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow
From: GUEST,Lynn Sauls
Date: 09 May 11 - 08:03 PM

I, too, grew up in the fifties singing this song at Central Elementary in W.P.B. right along with reciting the Lord's Prayer, Pledge to the Flag and probably a patriotic song.....What a great way to start the day ! For some reason, this week, I remembered just the first three lines and couldn't get it out of my head !!! Thanks to "Google" and this great site, I now have the rest of the song ! What wonderful memories it has evoked.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Aug 11 - 06:08 PM

How interesting that we all sang the same song, and yet there are so many versions of it! I sang the following version in Miami in the mid-60's and to this date remember it fondly:

I want to wake up in the morning
Where the orange blossoms grow
Where the sun comes peepin' into where I'm sleepin'
And the song birds say Hello
I want to wander through the orange groves
Where the children used to roam
And I'll make my home in Florida
Where the orange blossoms grow.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Oct 11 - 01:09 PM

Wow! I thought I was the only one nostalgic about that sweet song. I moved to Jacksonvill as a new bride and raised my children there. As room mother many times, the children would always sing it on the busses that took us on field trips in the 60's. Old Southside Grammar is no longer, but that song lives on the hearts of those children who now have grands. Thanks everyone, for sharing.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow
From: GUEST,Jane Murphy
Date: 13 May 12 - 12:53 PM

I learned this song in 1955 in Mrs. Austin's second grade in a portable classroom (the school was still under construction) Hollywood, Broward County, Florida. It was called "The Florida Song". The version we learned was like the mid-sixties Miami version quoted above, except we sang "Where WE children used to roam".

I want to wake up in the morning
Where the orange blossoms grow
Where the sun comes peepin' into where I'm sleepin'
And the song birds say Hello
I want to wander through the orange groves
Where we children used to roam
And I'll make my home in Florida
Where the orange blossoms grow.

A resident of New York State for most of my life, I still have happy childhood memories of winters spent in Florida with my family. I've always loved this pretty little song and have thought of it fondly from time to time over the years. This morning I woke up thinking of it and wanting to Google it to see what might be known about it. So glad I did! Thank you all for the fascinating input!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow
From: GUEST
Date: 13 May 12 - 01:21 PM

Jane, if you didn't already find this link somewhere, Bing sings it here.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow
From: GUEST,laura in NC now...
Date: 21 May 12 - 01:25 PM

I sing this version to my grandaughter all the time! Grew up in Florida and it's just one of those songs that has stuck in my head.. can't remember anything else but can remember this :) .. my sister is visiting family in Florida and just called to sing this to her and she fell in love with it.. I'll be teaching it to her when she gets back.. I also learned it in the mid 60's as did the posting from "GUEST" dated Aug 11, '09.. and it just brings back childhood memories! enjoy

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 21 May 12 - 04:34 PM

Thanks, Jim Dixon, for the link to the sheet music. This is an enjoyable Tin Pan alley tune.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow
From: GUEST,Bernie
Date: 22 May 12 - 10:58 AM

I went to Coral Gables Elementary in the mid-60s and recall the lyrics like the mid-60s Miami version above. Two possible slight variants:

1) "a-peepin'"
2) "So take me back to Florida"

I want to wake up in the morning
Where the orange blossoms grow
Where the sun comes a-peepin' into where I'm sleepin'
And the song birds say Hello
I want to wander through the orange groves
Where the children used to roam
So take me back to Florida
Where the orange blossoms grow.

As I recall, we were taught music a few times a week, with a teacher who moved between classrooms. Other songs I recall being taught were "Wonderful Wonderful Copenhagen" and "Molly Malone."

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Mar 16 - 09:57 PM

I am desperately looking for sheet music for "Where the Orange Blossoms Grow"! If anyone can send me a link, I would be most grateful!

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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Where the Orange Blossoms Grow
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Jan 21 - 02:58 PM

My mother sang the same song with these lyrics:

I want to wake up in Florida where the orange blossoms grow,
where the sun comes peepin'
into where I'm sleepin'
and the song birds sing "hello!".

And when I wander through the orange groves
Where the children used to roam.
I go drifting back to Florida
to my Orange Blossom Home.

She went to school in Florida between 1953-60 in Pinellas County.