Words and music by Bud Green, Les Brown and Ben Homer
Les Brown, with Doris Day as his "girl singer", charted at #1 in 1945
Competing versions charted by Hal McIntyre (#3) and The Merry Macs (#4)
In 1951 Les Brown re-did it with The Ames Brothers and hit only # 23.
Gonna take a sentimental journey,
Gonna set my heart at ease,
Gonna make a sentimental journey,
To renew old memories.
Got my bag, got my reservation,
Spent each dime I could afford,
Like a child in wild anticipation,
Long to hear that "All aboard".
Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven;
I'll be waitin' up for heaven,
Countin' every mile of railroad track
That takes me back.
Never thought my heart could be so "yearny";
Why did I decide to roam?
Gotta take this sentimental journey,
Sentimental journey home.