Homeward Bound

From the musical “Watch Your Step”, 1915
words and music by Irving Berlin

The sheet music:

Homeward-Bound – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Homeward_Bound – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. When you’ve packed your grip for a homeward trip
    And you’ve started for the train
    There’s a feeling grand of a happy brand
    That you really can’t explain
    All aboard you hear with a welcome ear
    As the train speeds o’er the ground
    There’s a happiness that you can’t express
    When you’re homeward bound

Chorus
Happy, happy, happy, happy
When you’re homeward bound, homeward bound
That’s the time you love the rattle
Of the choo-choo hound, o’er the ground
Doggone, how lovely it feels
To hear those rattling wheels
It’s the grandest kind of sound
All aboard, all aboard, step lively
Happy, happy, happy, happy
When you’re homeward bound, homeward bound
As you travel on your way
The rhythm of the engine seems to say
We’re getting nearer to it
We’re getting nearer to it
When you’re homeward bound

  1. I have tried to doze but my eyes won’t close
    Can’t you guess the reason why?
    When the clock strikes ten, I’ll be home again
    Never more to say Goodbye
    I don’t like the jar of the Pullman car
    As it speeds along the ground
    Still a Pullman berth is the best on earth
    When you’re homeward bound

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: