Need help to find this song

[momoffduty]

Looking for a very old song....goes something like this......Its not here, not there, its 50 miles from nowhere, but its my home town.....

Anyone know this? Thanks.

[Chuck Engels]

Any more clues you can give me Cheryl?
Maybe a decade you think it might be from, how old is old?
Country, Pop, rock and roll?

[momoffduty]

Working on a project where his deceased father is singing this song:

Just put that map right on your lap
and spread it on your knees
say that geography don't seem right to me
There's cities here, cities there, and cities all around
But there's a spot that map forgot
and thats just where I'm bound.

Not here, not there, Its 50 miles from nowhere
But its my home town

The father was 90's in the 1990, so how old of song...not sure.

[Steve Grisetti]

Check out this web page.
http://pdhomes.net/music/isleofjersey/

About 16 paragraphs down, the writer references a song called "Not here, Not There". There's also a link to a recording of it.

Does that help?

And, according to this page of out-of-print sheet music, the song is from 1923.
http://parlorstore.com/issues/1998-11/nov98gallery.php

[momoffduty]

That's it! Thanks! I googled that song every which way and asked here...you found it in no time!

[cdeemer]

And then there's Tom Lehrer's "My Home Town" ...

[Chuck Engels]

And Bruce Springsteen's 'My Hometown'