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Show Me the Way to Go Home. " Show Me the Way to Go Home " is a popular song written in 1925 by the English songwriting team Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly, using the pseudonym "Irving King". The song is said to have been written on a train journey from London by Campbell and Connelly. They were tired from the traveling and had a few alcoholic ...
Terry Knight. Grand Funk Railroad singles chronology. "Nothing Is the Same". (1970) " I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home) ". (1970) "Mean Mistreater". (1970) " I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home) " is a 1970 song written by American musician Mark Farner and recorded by Grand Funk Railroad as the closing track to their 1970 album Closer to Home.
Dr. Brewster M. Higley (also spelled Highley) [2][3] of Smith County, Kansas, wrote the lyrics as the poem "My Western Home" in 1872 or 1873, [4][5][6][7][8] with at least one source indicating it was written as early as 1871. [1] On June 30, 1947, "Home on the Range" became the Kansas state song. [9] In 2010, members of the Western Writers of ...
The Chad Mitchell Trio song "Super Skier", written by Bob Gibson, used the tune and although its lyrics have nothing to do with subways, ends with a call to "get Charlie off the MTA". Boston-based punk rock band Dropkick Murphys wrote a variation, Skinhead on the MBTA , with a skinhead in place of Charlie, on their 1998 album Do or Die .
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! (book), a 2004 children's book based on the song. Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh! (musical), a musical revue inspired by the song. Sandra Gould, who released a response novelty recording, set to the same music, entitled "Hello Melvin (This Is Mama)". Perrey and Kingsley did an instrumental version, called Countdown at 6 ...
Land of the Silver Birch. " Land of the Silver Birch " is a traditional Canadian folk song that dates from the 1920s. The lyrics are sometimes erroneously attributed to Pauline Johnson, perhaps in confusion with her well-known poem, "The Song My Paddle Sings". [1] It is sometimes sung to keep time while canoeing, and sometimes sung at campfires ...
The punk rock band Green Day returned home to the East Bay on Sunday to a roaring crowd of die-hard fans, not at a concert venue, but this time at a 7-Eleven in Pinole with a storied past.
English pop singer Adam Faith sang a version titled "Johnny Comes Marching Home", used over the opening and closing title credits for the British crime thriller Never Let Go (1960). This version was arranged and conducted by John Barry. Another version was released as a single, reaching No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart.