The Twilight Express 1912

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 08 Aug 2005

You've all heard, I guess,
of the twilight express,
that runs to the land of dreams,
Mamma is the crew and the engineer, too,
and it starts when the candlelight gleams;
Mother's arms the car
in which he rides so far,
far away from the world and his toys;
Engineer sings a song
as the train jogs along,
till he's fast asleep, mamma's boy.

All aboard for the land of dreams,
all aboard as the candle gleams,
kisses for daddy and mother, too,
climb aboard there's a place for you,
little boy dreams train rocks away,
dreams sweet dreams of another day;
Oh! it's a wonderful train, I confess,
all aboard for the twilight express.

One day that express did not run, I confess,
for there was no engineer,
Mamma was so ill,
and the house was so still,
little passengers eyes were all tears;
but there's one above
who now watches with love
o'er the twilight express, so it seems,
and their prayers were not vain,
engineer's well again,
sings all aboard for land of dreams.

All aboard for the land of dreams,
all aboard as the candle gleams,
kisses for daddy and mother, too,
climb aboard there's a place for you,
little boy dreams train rocks away,
dreams sweet dreams of another day;
Oh! it's a wonderful train, I confess,
all aboard for the twilight express.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Twilight Express 1912
Words by C.M. Denison - Music by Fred W. Hager
Performer: ?Byron G. Harlan
© 1912 by F.B. Haviland Pub. Co., New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 08 August 2005 at 07.30
in association with Doug Grierson
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