# Complete this verse from an obscure, long-lost theme song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2015, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-verse-from-an-obscure-long-lost-theme-song/721513 "2015-06-03T08:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-verse-from-an-obscure-long-lost-theme-song/721513/1 "2015-06-03T08:01:30Z")
_ **“Home, home, home on the other siiiide! . . .”** _ OK, probably only Aussie and Brit dopers have a chance at this one. This song has been echoing around the dusty walls of my skull for some time now. Sadly, I will probably never hear it again. How many of you know it? First one to guess it right will be crowned _King of the icypole sticks_. Other dopers, please offer your own challenges to complete snippets from other long-lost television theme songs. The more obscure the better. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-verse-from-an-obscure-long-lost-theme-song/721513/2 "2015-06-03T08:33:38Z")
Keeping with the regional theme: \* I had a dream I could ride across the mountaintops Ride on the wave where the sea turns blue…\* and _There once was a wealthy man who had a wonderful idea. To bring children from all places with all kinds of faces…_ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-verse-from-an-obscure-long-lost-theme-song/721513/3 "2015-06-03T08:54:58Z")
Is this it? > **[Home (TV Series 1983) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085683/)** > > Home: With Robert Meldrum, Darren Sole, Leah Steventon, Cindy Unkauf. The show follows the adventures of a group of children at the Westmere, home for children. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-verse-from-an-obscure-long-lost-theme-song/721513/4 "2015-06-03T09:31:47Z")
Yes, **Terenti** , that is indeed the right show. But the _line_, man/madam! You were supposed to jump in singing the second line of the song! Incidentally, that IMDb contributer evidently doesn’t remember much of the song. (Not that I remember it all myself.) Pity. It’s a catchy song, and I’d really like to hear it again just for the nostalgia. Even though I was never really into the show. > [@MrDibble](#): > > Keeping with the regional theme: > _There once was a wealthy man who had a wonderful idea. > To bring children from all places with all kinds of faces…_ Ooh, ooh, ooh! I remember that show! But I can’t remember the continuation of the theme song. (I always thought it was a “_wondrous_ idea” that wealthy and irresponsible old geezer had.) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-verse-from-an-obscure-long-lost-theme-song/721513/5 "2015-06-03T09:37:11Z")
> [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > Ooh, ooh, ooh! I remember that show! > But I can’t remember the continuation of the theme song. > (I always thought it was a “_wondrous_ idea” that wealthy and irresponsible old geezer had.) \*Together into a sailing ship there were forty boys and girls. They would sail their ship around the globe so they called it “The United World” \* That’s all I’ll post for copyright reasons, rest (with video)[is here](http://www.itssolastcentury.co.uk/lounge/Television_Shows/The_Lost_Islands.php) Apparently this was huge in Israel in the late 80s, any Israeli Dopers care to confirm? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-this-verse-from-an-obscure-long-lost-theme-song/721513/6 "2015-06-04T07:58:30Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > \*Together into a sailing ship there were forty boys and girls. > They would sail their ship around the globe so they called it “The United World” > \* > > That’s all I’ll post for copyright reasons, rest (with video)[is here](http://www.itssolastcentury.co.uk/lounge/Television_Shows/The_Lost_Islands.php) > > Apparently this was huge in Israel in the late 80s, any Israeli Dopers care to confirm? I can’t really remember much of it myself, but it does have a bizarrely huge cult following. It’s a legacy of the time when Israel had only one TV channel - for some reason, the powers that be at the Broadcast Authority would basically play the show on a loop during the summer.