The Trolley Car Swing 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Mar 2005

Conductor Wilson on the trolley line,
passage room for 'bout twenty nine,
would stop his car on ev'ry block,
jam it to capacity,
just like live stock.
When he would give the motorman his bell,
he would turn around and loudly yell:
"There's plenty seats away down front."
Then ev'ry one would run
and do an acrobatic stunt.

To the tune of the grinding wheel's
all hands start doing funny reels.
Here, here, someone would swear,
the conductor gets excited
and rings up the right amount of fare.
Now you glide on the trolley ride,
how you slide and when the car
goes round a curve,
you begin to swerve,
grab for a strap,
fall in some woman's lap,
Clang, clang, watch your step.
That's the trolley car swing!

To the tune of the grinding wheel's
all hands start doing funny reels.
Here, here, someone would swear,
the conductor gets excited
and rings up the right amount of fare.
Now you glide on the trolley ride,
how you slide and when the car
goes round a curve,
you begin to swerve,
grab for a strap,
fall in some woman's lap,
Clang, clang, watch your step.
That's the trolley car swing!

Conductor, please sir,
won't you stop this car?
Surely think that I've gone too far!
A girlie's voice is heard real loud,
holding in her arms a dog,
she sure looked proud.
Conductor yells: "Now Madame,
here's your street!"
But the girlie wouldn't leave her seat,
she cries: "Now don't get nervous, Con,
I want to show my pup
the street his daddy lives upon."

To the tune of the grinding wheel's
all hands start doing funny reels.
Here, here, someone would swear,
the conductor gets excited
and rings up the right amount of fare.
Now you glide on the trolley ride,
how you slide and when the car
goes round a curve,
you begin to swerve,
grab for a strap,
fall in some woman's lap,
Clang, clang, watch your step.
That's the trolley car swing!

To the tune of the grinding wheel's
all hands start doing funny reels.
Here, here, someone would swear,
the conductor gets excited
and rings up the right amount of fare.
Now you glide on the trolley ride,
how you slide and when the car
goes round a curve,
you begin to swerve,
grab for a strap,
fall in some woman's lap,
Clang, clang, watch your step.
That's the trolley car swing!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Trolley Car Swing 1912
Words by Joe Young - Music by Bert Grant
© MCMXII by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York
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sequence & Karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 19 March 2005 at 19.18
in association with Doug Grierson
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