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{{Short description|1913 song by Irving Berlin}}
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'''''Daddy, Come Home''''' is a [[List of 850 Irving Berlin songs|song written]] by [[Irving Berlin]] and first published in 1913. The humorous song begins "Hello Central, dear Central, listen here: please connect me with my father" and tells the story from the point of view of a young boy calling his father on the telephone to ask him to leave work and deal with an assortment of family problems at home.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/6525?show=full | title= Daddy Come Home| work= Special Collections &mdash; Levy Sheet Music Collection | publisher= [[Johns Hopkins University]] | access-date=2011-05-14}}</ref>

The song was recorded on December 13, 1913, by [[Billy Murray (singer)|Billy Murray]] for The Victor Talking Machine Company (No. 14167).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Online Discographical Project |url=http://78discography.com/vic17500.html |website=78discography.com |access-date=March 28, 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[The telephone in United States history]]
==References==
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