That Rail Road Rag 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 05 Jul 2005

Did you ever hear about the railroad rag.
Toot, toot, toot, it's a joyful jag;
See the train a going round the curve,
Um, My! feel that engine swerve;
Engineer's a humming a peculiar strain,
in your heart you get a pain;
All the people on the train
have caught the drag,
now everybody's humming that railroad rag.

Oh! Oh! that railroad rag,
Oh! Oh! that railroad rag,
It's so entrancing Hon,
It makes you fall asleep in Fargo
and you wake up in Chicago,
hear that engine hum,
That train's sure going some,
Here comes that ChooChoo,
ChooChooChoo.
That's the railroad rag.

Oh! Oh! that railroad rag,
Oh! Oh! that railroad rag,
It's so entrancing Hon,
It makes you fall asleep in Fargo
and you wake up in Chicago,
hear that engine hum,
That train's sure going some,
Here comes that ChooChoo,
ChooChooChoo.
That's the railroad rag.

Once there was a Pullman train of eighteen cars,
took a trip and went up to Mars;
Soon it broke all records, thought I'd die,
In one hour we reached the sky;
Old St. Peter was a waiting at the gate,
he said you're one minute late;
Then he asked the engineer,
why did you slack,
I'm sorry boys to tell you to go right back.

Oh! Oh! that railroad rag,
Oh! Oh! that railroad rag,
It's so entrancing Hon,
it makes you feel so awful funny
that you throw away your money;
hear that engine hum,
That train's sure going some,
Here comes that ChooChoo,
ChooChooChoo.
That's the railroad rag.

Oh! Oh! that railroad rag,
Oh! Oh! that railroad rag,
It's so entrancing Hon,
it makes you feel so awful funny
that you throw away your money;
hear that engine hum,
That train's sure going some,
Here comes that ChooChoo,
ChooChooChoo.
That's the railroad rag.

Out in San Francisco we met Doctor Cook;
Talking on the pole from an old cook book;
Engineer was angry, said he's done,
I'll go get that Pole, who'll come.
Some one gave the signal;
we were off like shot,
Gee! But every one was hot;
In just thirty seconds
we were half way there,
then stopped to get directions
from a polar bear.

Oh! Oh! that railroad rag,
Oh! Oh! that railroad rag,
It's so entrancing Hon,
it makes you fall into a doze
and someone walks off with your clothes,
just hear that engine hum,
That train's sure going some,
Here comes that ChooChoo,
ChooChooChoo.
That's the railroad rag.

Oh! Oh! that railroad rag,
Oh! Oh! that railroad rag,
It's so entrancing Hon,
it makes you fall into a doze
and someone walks off with your clothes,
just hear that engine hum,
That train's sure going some,
Here comes that ChooChoo,
ChooChooChoo.
That's the railroad rag.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
whistle
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That Rail Road Rag 1911
Words by Nat Vincent - Music by Ed. Bimberg
© 1911 by Head Music Pub. Co., 1416 Broadway, N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 05 July 2005 at 10.41
in association with Doug Grierson
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