Pop Song 294 of 500 "Sweet Home Chicago' Robert Johnson 1936

Pop Song 294 of 500 "Sweet Home Chicago' Robert Johnson 1936

"Sweet Home Chicago" is a blues standard first recorded by Robert Johnson in 1936. Although he is often credited as the songwriter, several songs have been identified as precedents. The song has become a popular anthem for the city of Chicago despite ambiguity in Johnson's original lyrics.

On November 23, 1936, in San Antonio, Texas, Robert Johnson recorded "Sweet Home Chicago". He changed the character of the song to one of aspirational migration, replacing "back to Kokomo" with "to Chicago", and replacing "that eleven light city" with another migrational goal "that land of California".

But I'm cryin' hey baby, Honey don't you want to go
Back to the land of California, to my sweet home Chicago
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Come on
Oh, baby don't you wanna go?
Come on
Oh, baby don't you wanna go?
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago
Come on
Baby don't you wanna go?
Hi-de-hey
Baby don't you wanna go?
Back to that same old place
Oh, sweet home Chicago
Well, 1 and 1 is 2
6 and 2 is 8
Come on baby, don't ya' make me late
Hi-de-hey
Baby don't you wanna go?
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago
Come on
Baby don't you wanna go?
Ho, come on
Baby don't you wanna go?
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago
6 and 3 is 9
9 and 9 is 18
Look there brother baby and see what I've seen
Hi-de-hey
Baby don't you wanna go?
Back to that same old place
Sweet home Chicago
Oh, come on
Baby don't you wanna go?
Come on
Baby don't you wanna go?
Back to that same old place
My sweet home Chicago