A popular song from 1924
Words by Billy Rose and Mort Dixon
Music by Ray Henderson
The sheet music:
Lyrics
- On my lonesome window sill
When the sun is rising in the sky
I can hear a swallow trill
“Follow me and kiss your cares goodbye
After I pull up my curtain
Off he’ll go
But I know one thing’s certain
Chorus
When I’m blue lonesome too
What am I gonna do
Follow the swallow back home
When the wind starts to blow
Where am I gonna go
Follow the swallow back home
When the world is dark and gloomy
And my pals all try to do me
Listen to me, east is east, west is west
Birds go south, they know best
Follow the swallow back home
- When my sweetie turns me down
I ain’t gonna sit around and cry
When my friends don’t come around
I ain’t gonna bid the world goodbye
I won’t leap in the deep river
Watch my dust
When I just crank my flivver