In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town

I'm up in the world,

But I'd give the world to be where I used to be,

A heavenly nest,

Where I rest the best,

Means more than the world to me.



It's only a shanty

In old Shanty Town

The roof is so slanty it touches the ground.

But my tumbled down shack by an old railroad track,

Like a millionaire's mansion is calling me back.



I'd give up a palace if I were a king.

It's more than a palace, it's my everything.

There's a queen waiting there with a silvery crown

In a shanty in old Shanty Town.