“This World Is Not My Home”

Description

"This world is not my home; I'm just a passing through." "Oh Lord, you know, I have no friend like you. If Heaven's not my home, then, Lord, what will I do? Angels beckon me to Heaven's open door, And I can't feel at home in this world any more."

Notes

This is really a group or cluster of songs with verses that float effortlessly between them. - PJS

Cross references

• cf. "I Ain't Got No Home" (structure, lyrics, tune)

Recordings

• Alphabetical Four, "I Can't Feel At Home In This World Anymore" (Decca 7840, 1941; on AlphabFour01)
• Carter Family, "Can't Feel at Home" (Victor 23569, 1931/Bluebird B-6257, 1936)
• Pete Cassell, "I Can't Feel At Home in this World" (Decca 6077, 1942; rec. 1941)
• Kentucky Thorobreds, "This World Is Not My Home" (Paramount 3014, 1927)
• Collins Bros. "I Can't Feel At Home In This World" (Decca 5635, 1939; rec. 1938)
• Golden Echo Quartet, "This World Is Not My Home" (Columbia 14572-D, 1931; rec. 1927)
• Jessie May Hill, "This World Is Not My Home" (OKeh 8546, 1927)
• J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers, "This World Is Not My Home" (Bluebird B-6088/Montgomery Ward M-4714, 1935)
• Monroe Brothers, "This World Is Not My Home" (Bluebird B-6309/Montgomery Ward M-4745, 1936)
• Prairie Ramblers, "This World Is Not My Home" (Banner 33449/Melotone 13416/Conqueror 8503, 1935)
• Claude Sharpe & Old Hickory Singers, "This World Is Not My Home" (Columbia 20450, 1948; rec. 1946)
• Southern Sons Quartette, "I Can't Feel At Home Any More" (Trumpet 143, n.d.)
• Stove Pipe No. 1, "Lord Don't You Know I Have No Friend Like You" (Columbia 210-D, 1924)
• Hank Thompson, "Can't Feel At Home In The World Anymore" (Capitol 1163, 1950)
• Frank Welling & John McGhee, "This World Is Not My Home" (Champion 16585, 1933; rec. 1932)

References

1. Warner 135, "The World Is Not My Home" (1 text, 1 tune)
2. Silber-FSWB, p. 354, "I Can't Feel At Home In This World Any More" (1 text)
3. DT, CANTHOME*
4. Roud #7481
5. BI, Wa135