# Come home, come home, it's suppertime...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-home-come-home-its-suppertime/466577>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 5, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-home-come-home-its-suppertime/466577 "2008-10-05T18:13:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-home-come-home-its-suppertime/466577/1 "2008-10-05T18:13:58Z")

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They keep playing this folk tune on Letterman (like they did with that Turkey Buzzard song…) Why? How did it get started? I must have missed the first playing of it. While you’re at it why the Turkey Buzzard song, as well?