Lyr Req: California, Here I Come (from Al Jolson)

Subject: NEED WORDS,PLEASE
From: Sue
Date: 17 Jan 99 - 07:20 PM

There is an older song that has the phrase "California here I come, right back where I started from..." I'd love the words to this song today or tomorrow. Thanks a bunch,

Subject: RE: NEED WORDS,PLEASE
From:
Date: 17 Jan 99 - 07:34 PM

California here I come/Right back where I started from/ Where bowers of flowers/ bloom in the spring/Each morning at dawning/ Birdies sing and everything/The sun-kissed miss says don't be late/That's why I can hardly wait/Open up your Golden Gate/California here I come.

--John

Subject: Lyr Add: CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME (Al Jolson)
From: Frank Maher
Date: 17 Jan 99 - 08:39 PM

CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME
Words and music by Al Jolson, B.G. DeSylva, and Joseph Meyer
As recorded by Al Jolson

When the wintry winds are blowing,
And the snow is starting in to fall,
Then my eyes turn westward, knowing
That's the place that I love best of all.
California, I've been blue,
Since I've been away from you.
I can't wait 'til I get going.
Even now I'm starting in to call,

Oh, California, here I come,
Right back where I started from,
Where bowers of flowers bloom in the sun.
Each morning at dawning,
Birdies sing an' ev'rything.
A sun-kissed miss said, "Don't be late."
That's why I can hardly wait!
Open up your Golden Gate.
California, here I come.

Taken from original recording of Al Jolson.

Subject: RE: NEED WORDS,PLEASE
From: Brakn
Date: 18 Jan 99 - 04:03 AM

The other verse,

Anyone who likes to wander
Ought to keep this saying in his mind:
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder"
Of the good old place you leave behind.
When you've hit the trail a while,
Seems you rarely see a smile.
That's why I must fly out yonder,
Where a frown is mighty hard to find!

Regards Mick Bracken