Norman Mailer's 1948 novel The Naked and the Dead references the song several times.

George Orwell references the song in his 1934 novel Burmese Days.Some similar versions substitute 'terra firma' for land and/or 'aqueous precipitate' for foam. You can always hear me chanting the melody I had a spot of beverage sixty minutes ago You will always hear me rendering this melody Parodies popular on Midwest American campuses in the 1950s went:Īnd it percolated right through my cerebellum You will always hear me singing this song, Throughout the twentieth into the twenty-first century it has been recorded by numerous artists. Other recordings were made by radio personalities The Happiness Boys, Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra, and the California Ramblers. The first recordings, in 1925, were by Hal Swain's New Princes' Toronto Band – a group of Canadian musicians working in London – and by American-born male impersonator Ella Shields, in both cases for the Columbia label in London. The song was recorded by several artists in the 1920s. Campbell and Connelly published the sheet music and recorded the song under the pseudonym 'Irving King'. They self-published the sheet music and it became their first big success, selling 2 million copies and providing the financial basis of their publishing firm, Campbell, Connelly & Co. The music and lyrics were written in 1925 by Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly. The song is in common use in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and North America. They were tired from the traveling and had a few alcoholic drinks during the journey, hence the lyrics. The song is said to have been written on a train journey from London by Campbell and Connelly. ' Show Me the Way to Go Home' is a popular song written in 1925 by the English songwriting team Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly, using the pseudonym 'Irving King'.

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