Music by Hezzie-Ken-Frank-Gabe    Words by Orley S. Johnston   Copyright 1938 by Hoosier Hot Shots

VERSE
I've been a roaming Rome o
There's not a place I wouldn't go
I've seen old Broadway aand Paris too
I've been to Frisco and Honolou
I have seen old Dixie where the cotton grows
Been to the land of the Eskimo
I've been all over and I have found
There's only one place I'll settle down and that is

CHORUS
Down in the valley where the flowers are growing
That is the place that I long to be going
You can have old Dixie, have your Tennessee
But you can just give the valley to me
For that is the place they have the new mown hay
And that's where the sun shines every day
Oh honey can't you hear the sweet melodies
Hear the buzzin of the honey bees down in the valley
Back there with Sally is my old home.

VERSE
You've heard a lot of sunny Spain
So I went there and back again
I went to Egypt and saw the Nile
Have seen each place that I tho't worthwhile
I have seen old China where they raise the tea
I never saw a place meant for me
After you've travel'd and all's been said
There's only one place to lay your head and that is