Daddy’s Homecoming
Author: Anon.
Composer: Frances K. Taylor
Languages (42)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Albanian: Ardhja e Babit në Shtëpi
- Bulgarian: Татко у дома щом се прибере
- Cebuano: Pag-abut ni Papa
- Chinese (Simplified): 爸爸回家
- Chinese (Traditional): 爸爸回家
- Croatian: Tatin povratak
- Czech: Tatínek už je tady!
- Danish: Når far kommer hjem
- Dutch: Papa komt thuis
- English: Daddy’s Homecoming
- Estonian: Issi tuli koju
- Fijian: Au Marau Ta ni o Lesu Mai
- Finnish: Isän kotiintulo
- French: Le retour de papa
- German: Vati kommt heim!
- Greek: Ο γυρισμός του πατέρα
- Hungarian: Mikor apa hazajön
- Icelandic: Pabbi kemur heim
- Indonesian: Ayahku Datang
- Italian: Quando torna a casa papà
- Japanese: パパのお帰り
- Kekchi: Naq naqʼaj lin yuwaʼ saʼ kabʼl
- Khmer (Cambodian): លោកប៉ាមកផ្ទះ
- Korean: 아빠의 귀가
- Latvian: Tēti sagaidot
- Lithuanian: Tėčio sutikimas
- Malagasy: Tonga i Dada
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Bàba huíjiā
- Mongolian: Аав гэртээ ирлээ
- Norwegian: Når far kommer hjem
- Polish: Gdy tata wraca do domu
- Portuguese: Quando Chega em Casa o Meu Pai
- Romanian: Când acasă vine tata
- Russian: Я приходу папочки рад
- Samoan: Ua Foi Mai Tama
- Spanish: Cuando papá vuelve
- Swedish: När pappa kommer hem
- Tagalog: Pag-uwi ni Itay
- Tahitian: Ia ho’i pāpā i te fare
- Thai: คุณพ่อกลับบ้าน
- Tongan: Foki ʻa Tetí
- Ukrainian: Як додому прийде татусь
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Most common tunes for “Daddy’s Homecoming”
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1940 or earlier.
Public domain (not renewed)
Earliest known source: Little Stories in Song (1940).
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net:
Little Stories in Song (1940), p. 44.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
I’m so glad when daddy* comes home, Glad as I can be; Clap my hands and shout for joy, Then climb upon his knee, Put my arms around his neck, Hug him tight like this, Pat his cheeks, then give him what? A great big kiss.
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