Lyrics sources

I love reading about where lyrics may possibly have their origins, a great read :)

I’m not sure if this can be counted, but ‘Asleep’ has always rung bells with me as sounding a little like the song ‘Show Me The Way To Go Home’ which starts like this:

‘Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it’s gone right to my head’

Has anyone else heard of it? I’m not sure of its origins, I think it’s an old folk song or something but my dad used to sing it to me when I was young to make me laugh and the melody is actually very similar to Asleep as well as the resemblance with the first couple of lines. It’s always a strange link to me with the humour of ‘Show Me The Way…’ contrasted to the sadness of ‘Asleep’.
 
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