A comic song about wanderlust, 1901.
words by William Jerome
music by Jean Schwartz
This song quotes Home Sweet Home (1823). It was performed on the comic stage by The Happy Tramp. He seems to prefer his traveling lifestyle. Today we call it being ‘homeless.’
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’ve travelled ’round the world a bit
I’ve been from coast to coast
Had every kind of food to eat
From eggs to quail on toast
There’s not a gate in any state
That hasn’t got my mark
One night I sleep in some hotel
Next night on a bench in the park
Chorus
I ain’t got no regular place that I can call my home
I ain’t got no permanent address
As through this world I roam
Portland Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee
Any old place I can hang my hat
Is home sweet home to me
- I’ve never had a loving wife
To share my misery
And when I die I’m very sure
There’ll be no tears for me
In sun or rain I feel the same
On land or on the sea
As through this little world I roam
All towns look alike to me
Sung here by Fred Feild: