Way Down in Tennessee (II)

DESCRIPTION: "Way down in Tennessee, That's where I long to be, Right at my mother's knee, She thinks the world of me." The singer recalls all the wonderful sights. "They'll be right there to meet me, Just imagine how they'll greet me When I get back To my home in..."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1965 (Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang)
KEYWORDS: home travel mother music flowers floatingverses
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang, p. 218, "(no title)" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Roll On, Buddy (II) [Roll On, Buddy, Roll On]" (lyrics)
NOTES [46 words]: I am not sure there is an original word in the lyric printed by Brophy/Partridge-TommiesSongsAndSlang; every line floats. It seems so familiar that I looked at it and heard a string band playing it in my head! But I can't find any other songs that are demonstrably the same. - RBW
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File: BrPa218

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