Homeward Bound 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 Dec 2006
2006

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 band
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.

Happy, happy, happy, happy,
when you're homeward bound, homeward bound,
that's the time you love the rattle
of the choochoo 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 gettin' nearer to it,
we're gettin' nearer to it,
when you're homeward bound.

Happy, happy, happy, happy,
when you're homeward bound, homeward bound,
that's the time you love the rattle
of the choochoo 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 gettin' nearer to it,
we're gettin' nearer to it,
when you're homeward bound.

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.

Happy, happy, happy, happy,
when you're homeward bound, homeward bound,
that's the time you love the rattle
of the choochoo 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 gettin' nearer to it,
we're gettin' nearer to it,
when you're homeward bound.

Happy, happy, happy, happy,
when you're homeward bound, homeward bound,
that's the time you love the rattle
of the choochoo 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 gettin' nearer to it,
we're gettin' nearer to it,
when you're homeward bound.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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Homeward Bound 1915
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© 1915 by Irving Berlin Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 16 December 2006 at 9.13am
in association with Doug Grierson
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