A 1925 popular song
words and music by Irving King
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- When I’m happy, when I’m happy
Singing all the while
I don’t need nobody then
To show me how to smile
When I’ve been out on the spree
Toddling down the street
With this little melody
Everyone I greet
Chorus
Show me the way to go home
I’m tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it went right to my head
Wherever I may roam
On land or sea of foam
You can always hear me singing the song
Show me the way to go home
- Old King Cole was a merry old soul
And a merry old soul was he
He called for his wine
And he called for his pipe
And he called for his fiddler’s three
When they’d had a high old time
All the whole night thro’
What was it that King Cole said
And his fiddlers, too?
(Additional verses are on the sheet music)
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: