1913 song by Irving Berlin
Daddy, Come Home is a song written by Irving Berlin and first published in 1913. The humorous song begins "Hello Central, dear Central, listen here: please connect me with my father" and tells the story from the point of view of a young boy calling his father on the telephone to ask him to leave work and deal with an assortment of family problems at home.[ 1]
The song was recorded on December 13, 1913, by Billy Murray for The Victor Talking Machine Company (No. 14167).[ 2]
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"Charley, My Boy "
"Cheyenne "
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"College Life "
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"Daddy, Come Home "
"Dear Sing Sing "
"Dixie "
"Don't Bring Lulu "
"Everybody Works but Father "
"Forty-five Minutes from Broadway "
"Gasoline Gus "
"Give My Regards to Broadway "
"Harrigan "
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"In My Merry Oldsmobile "
"In the Good Old Summer Time "
"In the Land of the Buffalo "
"In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree "
"It's a Long Way to Tipperary "
"It's the Same Old Shillelagh "
"It Takes the Irish to Beat the Dutch "
"I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River "
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"I've Got Rings On My Fingers "
"I Want to Go Back to Michigan "
"I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now "
"K-K-K-Katy "
"Moonlight Bay "
"Oh! By Jingo "
"Oh, You Beautiful Doll "
"On the 5:15 "
"On the Old Fall River Line "
"Over There "
"Play a Simple Melody
"Pretty Baby "
"Pride of the Prairie "
"School Days "
"Shine On, Harvest Moon "
"Some Sunday Morning "
"Tipperary "
"Under the Anheuser Bush "
"The Worst Is Yet to Come "
"The Yankee Doodle Boy "
"You'd Be Surprised "
"You're a Grand Old Flag "