Hold Dat Train! 1919

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 Oct 2004

To New York Rufus William went
and soon a job he got.
Thought he liked the lights so bright
just an awful lot.
But when the Winter rolled around
poor Rufus got cold feet.
Packed his valise with all his clothes
and made a quick retreat.
He walked into the station
and plonked down all his fare,
the Crier called Track Two,
the Dixie Flier there.
Then Rufus wailed
in accents loud and plain:
"For laws sake Mister
please sir hold dat train."

Hold dat train
I'm on my way to Dixie Land,
hold dat train
I'm goin' home again,
Hold dat train
that's where I'm goin' to make my stand.
Oh say there Mister
please sir, hold that train.
I'm goin' where the climate suits my clothes.
I just can't stand this weather
goodness knows.
Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee
all shore looks good to me
so hold dat train
Hold dat train
'Cause I'm on my way
back home to Dixie Land.

So Rufus took his ticket
and started through the gate,
the gateman stopped him on the spot
and said: "You're mighty late!
I guess you've got your Pullman too
which I will have to punch
you can't go through without it man
so listen to this hunch;
in ridin' on these fastest trains
a sleeping birth you'll need,
you also should provide some cash
to give yourself some feed;"
then Rufus groaned as if he were in pain:
"I'll pay it all but make 'em hold dat train."

Hold dat train
I'm on my way to Dixie Land,
hold dat train
I'm goin' home again,
Hold dat train
that's where I'm goin' to make my stand.
Oh say there Mister
please sir, hold that train.
I'm goin' where the climate suits my clothes.
I just can't stand this weather
goodness knows.
Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee
all shore looks good to me
so hold dat train
Hold dat train
'Cause I'm on my way
back home to Dixie Land.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
whistle
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Hold Dat Train! 1919
Music by Wallace C. Chambers
Words by Neile Edwards
© MCMIX by Southern Music Publishing Co., Atlanta, Ga.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 24 October 2004 at 20.43
in association with Doug Grierson
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