a 1932 popular song words by Joe Young music by Little Jack Little and John Siras
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
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
Performance
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