a 1922 song about a sunny southern state
words by Howard Johnson
music by Walter Donaldson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Morning night and noon, I’m all out of tune
Until I go to bed, to rest my weary head
Then it always seems, on a train of dreams
I can feel I’m drawing near
To a Dixie atmosphere, ‘way down in
Chorus
Georgia!, Georgia!, my home sweet home
How I’ve adored ya’, Georgia
Oh! my, Oh! why did I roam
I know that I’ll be so H-A-double P-Y
When I see my M-A-double M-Y
I’m headin’ t’ward ya’, Georgia
You put the “sweet” in Home Sweet Home
My own sweet Georgia
- Somehow here of late, I’ve been in a state
Of nervous worriment, I just can’t be content
Now I plainly see, I can only be
In a peaceful state of mind
In the state I left behind, ‘way down in
Sung here by Fred Feild: