Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_my-sunny-tennessee_broadway-quartette-kalmar-harry-ruby-herman-ruby_gbia0011681a
https://archive.org/details/78_my-sunny-tennessee_lewis-james-b.-kalmar-harry-ruby-herman-ruby_gbia0010603a
https://archive.org/details/78_my-sunny-tennessee_peerless-quartet-kalmar-harry-and-herman-ruby_gbia0014591a
https://archive.org/details/78_my-sunny-tennessee_the-columbians-dance-orchestra-de-luxe-kalmar-ruby_gbia0011670b
https://archive.org/details/78_my-sunny-tennessee-so-long-oo-long-how-long-you-gonna-be-gone-three-little-wor_gbia0004831a
Publication Date
1921
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When the shades of night are falling,
Tennessee, I hear you calling;
My thoughts just roam
Back to home, sweet home.
Ev’ry day my heart grows fonder,
Of the folks I left down yonder;
I wonder when I’ll be there again.
[Chorus]
I wanna be in Tennessee in my Dixie paradise,
An angel’s voice I hear,
I mean my mammy, dear.
I’d give my soul if I could stroll down among those hills again;
For all the world would not be dreary then.
I’d love to go to sleep and know, that tomorrow I’d arise,
Beneath those southern skies,
Where song birds harmonize.
Lawdy hear my plea,
Make me what I wanna be;
A rolling stone just rolling home to my sunny Tennessee.
[Verse 2]
Ev’ry dream and ev’ry vision,
Simply strengthens my decision;
To go back home
Never more to roam.
When I hear the ‘Swanee River;
My poor heart begins to quiver,
It’s then I miss Mammy’s goodnight kiss.
[Chorus]
Recommended Citation
Kalmar, Bert; Ruby, Harry; and Ruby, Herman, "My Sunny Tennessee" (1921). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 984.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/984
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Comments
My Sunny Tennessee
By Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Herman Ruby
Sung by Eddie Cantor
New York: Waterson, Berlin, & Snyder Co. (1921)
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