WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:54:49 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg Jolson, Al – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Jolson, Al -- “California, Here I Come” (1921) [with B. G. DeSylva] https://wist.info/jolson-al/42814/ https://wist.info/jolson-al/42814/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2020 22:43:50 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=42814 California, here I come,
Right back where I started from.
Where bowers
Of flowers
Bloom in the sun;
Each mornin’
At dawnin’
Birdies sing and ev’rything.
A sun-kissed miss said, “Don’t be late.”
That’s why I can hardly wait.
Open up that Golden Gate,
California, here I come.


Al Jolson (1886-1950) Lithuanian-American singer, songwriger, comedian, actor [b. Asa Yoelson]
“California, Here I Come” (1921) [with B. G. DeSylva]

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