. . . is the place for me
a 1922 popular song
words and music by Roy Nelson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Around the dear old commonwealth, I’ve travelled many miles
I’ve seen the different places with their different ways and styles
The sights of Sydney famed among the beauty spots of earth
The lights of marvelous Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth
But if you were to ask me where’s the place I love the best
I’d answer, “Give me Darra you are welcome to the rest”
Chorus
So, I’m going back again to Darra
Darra where I know they’ll welcome me
Back with all the folks in Darra
How happy there I’ll be
I don’t own a mansion in a swell town
Or a cottage by the sea
But there’s a little bungalow in Darra
And it’s home sweet home to me
- In wealthy southern capitals some folks delight to live
They idolize the city for the pleasures it can give
But I prefer it otherwise far from the giddy throng
A humble cot neath Queensland skies that’s just where I belong
And let me tell you of a spot that suits me to a “T”
A little place called Darra, that’s the only spot for me
Sung here by Fred Feild: