Where the Morning Glories Grow

DESCRIPTION: "I remember, I remember the place where I was born, Where the morning glories twine around the door at early morn... I'd like to wander back again down the lane to yesterday." The singer recalls the wildwood, the schoolhouse, and childhood
AUTHOR: Words: Ray Egan and Gus Kahn / Music: Richard Whiting (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1917 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: nonballad home flowers children campsong
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 190, 335, "I Want to Wake Up in the Morning"/"I Want to Wake Up in the Morning Where the Morning Glories Grow" (notes only)
RECORDINGS:
Cofer Brothers, "Where the Morning Glories Grow" (OKeh 45137)
SAME TUNE:
I'd Like to Wake Up ("I'd like to wake up every morning At XXX Camp") (Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsNThings, p. 85; Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsPopularEdition, p. 26)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Where the Orange Blossoms Gtow
NOTES [82 words]: Apparently this was released with an alternate, Florida, version, in which orange blossoms replaced morning glories, so the song always had two different titles. And Averill would seem to have made it three to avoid choosing between the two.
Thanks to Jim Dixon for pointing out the 1917 sheet music. The camp versions may well derive from Bing Crosby, who recorded the song.
Roud #18918 shares this song's first line, but does not appear, based on the items indexed, to be the same song. - RBW
Last updated in version 6.3
File: ACSF190W

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