Ted Lewis & His Band - In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town Lyrics

Say I'm up in the world
But I want to tell you folks
That I'd give the world
To be back, way way back
Where I used to be
You know
It's a heavenly nest
That's where, that's where I rest the best
And it means more than the world to me

Oh say
It's only a shanty
A shanty
In old Shanty Town
Why the roof is so slanty
It nearly touches the ground
That tumbled down shack
By an old railroad track
Like a millionaire's mansion
Is calling me back

Oh say
I'd give up a palace
A palace if I were a king
Why to me it's more than a palace
It's my life, it's my everything
And there's a queen waiting there, a queen I tell you, haha
With a silvery crown
In a little shanty in Shanty Town
And I've played with the big stars
Down East and now the West
And I lived, and
Yes, live like the big stars
And I've mixed, mixed with the best star
But you can turn out those lights
Turn 'em out, I tell ya'
And pick my name down
And you'll be welcomed
In my little shanty
In Old Shanty Town
Yes, sir