Harry Warren — On the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe

[JOHN HENRY] Do ya hear that whistle down the line? I figure that it's engine number 49 She's the only one that'll sound that way On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe See the old smoke risin' 'round the bend I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend Folks around these parts get the time of day From the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe Here she comes [CITIZENS] Whoo whoo whoo whoo hoo [COWBOY 1] Hey, Jim you'd better get the rig [CITIZENS] Whoo whoo whoo whoo hoo [TICKET SELLER] She's got a list o' passengers that's pretty big [COWBOYS] And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel 'Cause lots o' them been travelin' for quite a spell All the way to Cal-i-for-ni-ay On the Atchison, Topeka On the Atchison, Topeka On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe [ENGINEER] Oh, the roads back east are mighty swell The Chesapeake, Ohio, and the ASL {STOKER] But I make my run and I make my pay {ENGINEER AND STOKER] On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe [SONORA] Goin' back and forth along these aisles My man, you must have walked about a million miles [CONDUCTOR] It's a treat to be on your feet all day [SONORA AND CONDUCTOR] On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe [CHRIS] Here she comes! Rat a-rat a-rat a-rat a-rat She's really racin' down the line Looky looky looky look look look Oh boy, we're huffin' and a puffin' on the 49 [HARVEY GIRLS] In this day and age, girls don't leave home But if you get a hankerin' and want to roam Our advice to you is, run away On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe [COWBOYS] Hey men, did you ever see Such purty femininity Arrivin' all at once in this here town? In this here town? Never saw the likes of this for miles around [HARVEY GIRLS] Round and round our heads are spinning New adventures are beginning [COWBOYS] What a length of calico It's taffety and calico to really put a cowboy on the kibosh [COWBOYS AND HARVEY GIRLS] Cowboy, kibosh [COWBOYS] It's enough to make a fella wanna wash [ALMA] Wash your face and hands, we hope You'll never be afraid of soap [COWBOY 2] Buttoned shoes and powdered chalk And fancy smells and baby talk It's awful what a gal will stoop to do [COWBOY 3] Even so, we aim to say We love to honor and oh, ba- By, are there any more at home like you? [COWBOYS] Wahoo! Hand me my hair comb and my slicker Gonna get spruced up and I'll pick her Put on the dog and I'll city-slick her Mister Harvey, Mister Harvey Fred Harvey knows exactly how to pick 'em [HARVEY GIRLS] We come from Dubuque, I-o-way That's where the tall, tall, tall corn grows We come from Louisiana Where the Missississippi flows [HARVEY GIRL 1] I was the Lillian Russell of Cherryville, Kansas But they never gave me a chance [HARVEY GIRL 2] I finished high school in Providence, Rhode Island And Providence, Rhode Island is where I learned to dance [ALMA] Oh, I'm from Chillicothe [COWBOYS] Ohio! [ALMA] My middle name's Hiawa-thee [COWBOYS] Ohio! [ALMA] I'm gonna get the gold in them thar hills So I said goodbye-o, Ohio [HARVEY GIRLS 3 & 4] We were schoolmarms in Grand Rapids, Mich., But reading, writing, 'rithmetic were not our dish [ETHEL] I was born in Paris I was raised in Paris Went to school in Paris Where I met a boy I was married in Paris Almost buried in Paris But I finally left Paris [HARVEY GIRLS] Paris, Illinois! [CHRIS] So this is the wild woolly West Give me my chaps and my checkered vest Give me a girl and a holster for my hip Bang, bang! Yip, yip! [SUSAN] What a lovely trip I'm feeling so fresh and alive And I'm so glad to arrive It's all so grand It's easy to see You don't need a palace To feel like Alice In Wonderland Back in Ohio, where I come from I've done a lot of dreamin' and I've traveled some But I never thought I'd see the day When I ever took a ride on the Santa Fe I would lean across my windowsill And hear the whistle echoin' across the hill Then I'd watch the lights till they'd fade away On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe What a thrill What a great big wonderful thrill With the whistle singin' "Westward Ho" Right from the day I heard it start 'Cross the Kansas plains to New Mexico I guess I've got a little gypsy in my heart When I'm old and gray and settled down If I ever get a chance to sneak away from town Then I'll spend my busman's holiday On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe All aboard, all aboard Here she comes Whoo whoo whoo whoo hoo I can't believe we're here at last [CITIZENS] When you go traveling it's best for you On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe [SUSAN] I can't believe that anything could go so fast When you pull that throttle, whistle blows A huffin' and a puffin' and away she goes All aboard for Cal-i-for-ni-ay On the Atchison On the Atchison, Topeka On the Atchison, Topeka, and On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe