IN A SHANTY IN OLD SHANTY TOWN
Ted Lewis
(Joe Young/Little Jack Little & John Siras)

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.