In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town (aka It's Only A Shanty In Old Shanty Town)
Composer(s): Joe Young; Little Jack Little; John Siras
First release by: Ted Lewis & His Band
Covered by multiple other artists



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