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
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This gal in Tennessee loves that one! We claim two State songs “Tennessee Waltz” and “Rocky Top”!
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
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!"
Gorgeous train!!!
What’s that you say?
3500?
:-)
Great find and great link, OESY.
Thank you. Glenn Miller Orchestra was awesome.