Chattanooga Choo Choo

Chattanooga Choo Choo
music by Harry Warren (left)
lyric by Mack Gordon (right)

Step aside, partner, it's my day.
Bend an ear and listen to my version
Of a really solid Tennessee excursion...

Pardon me, boys, is that the Chattanooga choo choo?
Track twenty-nine; boy you can give me a shine.
Can you afford to board the Chattanooga choo choo?
I've got my fare and just a trifle to spare.

You leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four,
Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore;
Dinner in the diner, nothing could be finer
Than to have your ham and eggs in Carolina.

When you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar
Then you know that Tennassee is not very far;
Shovel all the coal in, got to keep it rollin';
Whoo, whoo, Chattanooga, there you are.

There's gonna be a certain party at the statio,
Satin and lace, I used to call funny face.
She's gonna cry until I tell her that I'll never roam;
So Chattanooga choo choo, won't you choo choo me home.

Get aborad...all aboard...
Chattanooga choo choo, won't you choo choo me home...