What Did She Know About Railways?

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. Jan 2001.

A reg'lar farmer's daughter
thought she'd like to come to town,
But What Did She Know About Railways?

She jump'd upon the engine,
but the stoker push'd her down;
But what did she know about railways?

The guard came up and spoke to her,
as she stood sobbing there,

He asked if she'd a ticket,
but, she answer'd with a stare;

said he:
"You can't go up to town until you've paid your fare."
But what did she know about railways?

So she arrived at Euston by the midnight train,
But when she got to the wicket, there
someone wanted to punch her ticket,

the guards and porters came round her by the score,
and she told them all
she'd never had a ticket punched before!

She arrived at Euston by the midnight train,
But when she got to the wicket, there
someone wanted to punch her ticket,

the guards and porters came round her by the score,
and she told them all
she'd never had a ticket punched before!

When they steamed into Euston,
she said, Stop at Aunty Jane's,
But What Did She Know About Railways?

To make her understand
the porters took no end of pains;
But what did she know about railways?

When she got to the barrier,
an argument arose,

The man said: "I must punch your ticket,"
spoke sharp, I suppose;

Said she: "Thou punch my ticket
and I'll punch thee on the nose."
But what did she know about railways?

So she arrived at Euston by the midnight train,
But when she got to the wicket, there
someone wanted to punch her ticket,

the guards and porters came round her by the score,
and she told them all
she'd never had a ticket punched before!

She arrived at Euston by the midnight train,
But when she got to the wicket, there
someone wanted to punch her ticket,

the guards and porters came round her by the score,
and she told them all
she'd never had a ticket punched before!

The porters all got on to her
and asked her then and there,
"What do you know about railways?"

Then she pitched into the lot
and soon their faces were
covered all over with the railways.

Some police then came upon the scene
and seized her 'rolling stock',

next morning twelve blackeyed porters stood by,
she was in the dock,

and when the beak said, "fourteen days",
it gave her such a shock,
she nearly fell through her railways.

So she arrived at Euston by the midnight train,
But when she got to the wicket, there
someone wanted to punch her ticket,

the guards and porters came round her by the score,
and she told them all
she'd never had a ticket punched before!

She arrived at Euston by the midnight train,
But when she got to the wicket, there
someone wanted to punch her ticket,

the guards and porters came round her by the score,
and she told them all
she'd never had a ticket punched before!

Soft karaoke
Words
lyric - bassoon
synth brass 1
synth brass 1
synth strings 1
What Did She Know About Railways? Orch Music-Hall Seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 3 Jan 2001

What Did She Know AboutThe Railways? Orch Music-Hall Dr. Pitt-Payne 3 Jan 2001
written by C. G. Cotes
composed by Bennett Scott
revised by Dudley E. Bayford
Sequenced by Dr. Pitt-Payne 3 Jan 2001
Researched by Doug Grierson
Karaoke by Bunty Pritchard Jones