Come Home, Father

According to George Birdseye, a contemporary biographer of the time, the song was the "pioneer and pattern for all the many temperance pieces now in the market, not a few of which are very palpable imitations.

"[1] Although the sheet music was first published in 1864, the song is believed to have been first performed in 1858 as part of the Broadway play, Ten Nights in a Barroom, an adaptation of the 1854 temperance novel.

Chorus [4] It was sung in the 1940 musical comedy film, Strike Up the Band, during the "Nell of New Rochelle" sequence by Larry Nunn and Judy Garland.

Christine McIntyre sings the song in a saloon as part of the 1945 Western comedy short film, Pistol Packin' Nitwits.

The song has been recorded by The Peerless Quartet (1925), Bela Lam & His Greene County Singers (1927), Dixie Reelers (1936), Bunny Berigan (1938), The Blue Sky Boys (1939), Jerry Silverman (1990), and others.

"Come Home, Father" was first published in 1864.
The song has inspired many humorous parodies over the years.