Talk:Show Me the Way to Go Home

Not Just UK, Canada and Ireland
The text says, "[i]t is believed of English origin, but has spread to Ireland and Canada, where it is also commonly sung." Show Me The Way ... is equally well known in the US (11 of the 16 popular culture references are American), and the text has been edited to read, "spread to Ireland and North America." How about Australia and NZ? Can we say that this drunken little ditty is commonly known throughout the Anglophonic world? 68.83.141.31 00:18, 19 June 2007 (UTC)Essex9999


 * May be speculation--may be even more widespread. Are there any citations to pin down the range? David Spector (user/talk) 21:17, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Most Popular Pop Culture Reference
Has to be the Jaws scene. All the references after that are in reference to that scene from the movie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.49.157.11 (talk) 18:18, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

I reinstated all the popular culture references that were commented out, partly because I was about to add one far more obscure than all of the ones already there, and partly because there was no mention of them being removed on the discussion page, and partly because i'm not sure why one episode of Family Guy would be less notable than a different one that wasn't removed, or why Babylon 5, Pokemon, or A River Runs Through It wouldn't qualify. Not sure what the reasoning was behind removing them.66.56.15.76 (talk) 05:46, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

There is no reference / rendition of the song in the Family Guy episode "Fish out of Water", the song is sung by Stewie in the episode "Mind over Murder" after Peter gives him alcohol to soothe teething pains.24.52.221.144 (talk) 06:06, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

This article seems to contradict itself within the space of three sentences!
The song was written on a railroad train journey from London by Campbell and Connelly.

It is believed to be of English origin

So, do we know the song's origin or not? The first sentence I quoted says that it definitely is of English origin and tells us who wrote it, but the second can only be taken to mean that there is some doubt over its origin. Naturally, neither of these claims have citations...

It's possible that the writer meant that the song existed in some form already and that Campbell and Connelly put it into the form we know today, but that certainly isn't clear from the first sentence, which implies they take sole credit for the work as a whole or at least for its lyrics. 217.137.122.94 (talk) 23:47, 11 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I cleaned up the article. Found proof of authorship and other references. Removed speculations. David Spector (user/talk) 21:13, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Public domain?
If this widely known and referenced song is in the public domain, why not include the actual published lyrics? I notice that the Web only has unreliable approximations. David Spector (user/talk) 20:14, 16 February 2013 (UTC)