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Any big band guys out there ever played a chart called "Shanty Town." My chart says it's by Johnny Long. I know I've heard that name before but I don't know from where.

It has a section where the whole band sings in unison:

"There's a shanty in a town

On a little plot of ground

With the green grass grownin

all around all around.

the roof's so worn

so badly torn

that it tumbles to the ground

Just a tumble-down shack

and it's built way back

'bout twenty five feet

from the railroad track

lingers on my mind

most all the time

keeps callin me back to me little old shack

i'd be just as happy as hassie-sellassie

if I were king

wouldn't mean a thing

put my boots on tall

read the writin on the wall

no it would mean a thing

not a doggone thing

see that queen waitin' there

in her rocking chair

da-da da-da dat dat

while the gators stare

lingers on my mind

da-da da-da dat dat

cause I wanna get back to my shanty town"

Obviously I'm forgetting some lyrics. Has anyone ever heard this tune? We played it for some old-timer events. It's a fun chart. Not sure if Johnny Long was the composer or arranger.

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