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To: La Enchiladita
Woo Hoo, #2650.





I'm sorry, but now you're sounding like the Chattanooga Choo-Choo:


Pardon me, girl
Is that the Chattanooga choo choo?
Track twenty-nine
Girl, you can gimme a shine
I can afford
To board a Chattanooga choo choo
I've got my fare
And just a trifle to spare

You leave the Pennsylvania Station ‘bout a quarter to four
Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore
Dinner in the diner
Nothing could be finer
Than to have your ham an’ eggs in Carolina

When you hear the whistle blowin’ eight to the bar
Then you know that Tennessee is not very far
Shovel all the coal in
Gotta keep it rollin’
Woo, woo, Chattanooga there you are

There's gonna be
A certain party at the station
Satin and lace
I used to call “funny face”
She's gonna cry
Until I tell her that I'll never roam
So Chattanooga choo choo
Won't you choo-choo me home?
Chattanooga choo choo
Won't you choo-choo me home?


-- Glenn Miller, from "Sun Valley Serenade"
-- words by Mack Gordon, music by Harry Warren


Attention, Attention: Now boarding Train 3500 on Track 29.

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2,677 posted on 06/28/2008 5:35:30 AM PDT by OESY
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To: OESY

This gal in Tennessee loves that one! We claim two State songs “Tennessee Waltz” and “Rocky Top”!


2,682 posted on 06/28/2008 6:36:19 AM PDT by jaycee
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To: OESY; jaycee; gardengirl; MEG33; JustAmy; Billie; La Enchiladita; Lady Jag; LUV W; pollywog; ...
Here's some more 'train' music - one of my favorites from over 20 years ago:

Click here: People Get Ready - Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck

People get ready
Theres a train a-coming
You dont need no baggage
You just get on board
All you need is faith
To hear the diesels humming
Dont need no ticket
You just thank the lord

People get ready
For the train to jordan
Picking up passengers
From coast to coast
Faith is the key
Open the doors and board them
Theres room for all
Among the loved the most
There aint no room
For the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind
just To save his own
Have pity on those
Whose chances are thinner
Cause theres no hiding place
From the kingdoms throne

So people get ready
For the train a-comin
You dont need no baggage
You just get on board !
All you need is faith
To hear the diesels humming
Dont need no ticket
You just thank,
you just thank the Lord

Yeah

Ooh Yeah

Ooh

Im getting ready
Im getting ready
This time Im ready
This time Im ready

2,688 posted on 06/28/2008 7:11:37 AM PDT by yorkie ( Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass....It's about learning to dance in the rain.)
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To: OESY

A time freight rear-ended a local peddler freight one night, and the ensuing investigation centered on whether or not the crew of the first train had flagged the second train sufficiently.

"Now, then," said the superintendent to the peddler's rear brakeman, "were you flagging your train that night?"

"Yes, sir," he said.

"And were you at least a half-mile from your train?" asked the super.

"Yes, sir," said the brakie.

"And did you attempt to flag the express down?" asked the super.

"Yes, sir, and they went right on past me," the brakie said.

"And did you use a red lantern?" the super asked.

"Yes, sir," the man said. "Of course."

Well, the railroad couldn't decide who was at fault, so the investigation was closed.

"You did just what I asked you to," said the conductor of the local freight to the rear brakeman after the hearing. "You told the truth. But were you nervous at all?"

"You bet!" replied the brakeman. "I was hopin' that guy wouldn't ask me if the lantern was lit!"

 

2,726 posted on 06/28/2008 12:13:25 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Donate to FR anytime at https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate)
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To: OESY

Gorgeous train!!!
What’s that you say?
3500?
:-)


2,733 posted on 06/28/2008 1:06:15 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (Typical gringa.)
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To: OESY

Great find and great link, OESY.

Thank you. Glenn Miller Orchestra was awesome.


2,741 posted on 06/28/2008 1:34:00 PM PDT by JustAmy (I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
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