a 1932 popular song
words by Joe Young
music by Little Jack Little and John Siras
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
I’m up in the world
But I’d give the world
To be where I used to be
A heavenly nest
Where I rest the best
Means more than the world to me
Refrain
It’s only a shanty in old Shanty Town
The roof is so slanty it touches the ground
But my tumbled down shack
By an old railroad track
Like a millionaire’s mansion, is calling me back
I’d give up a palace if I were a king
It’s more than a palace, it’s my everything
There’s a queen waiting there with a silvery crown
In a shanty in old Shanty Town
Sung here by Fred Feild: