Chattanooga Choo Choo

Chattanooga Choo Choo
(Mack Gordon / Harry Warren)

Wooo-Wooo Wooo-Wooo
Wooo-Wooo Wooo-Wooo

Ah! Pardon me, boy
Is that the Chattanooga choo choo
Track twenty-nine
Boy, you can gimme a shine
I can afford
To board a Chattanooga choo choo
I’ve got my fare
What just a trifle to spare

You leave the Pennsylvania Station at a quarter to four
Read a magazine and then you’re in Baltimore
Dinner on the diner
Nothing could be finer
Than to have your ham and eggs in Carolina

When you hear the whistle blowing eight to the bar
Then you know that Tennessee is not very far
Shovel all the coal in
Gotta keep it rolling
Come on Chattanooga there you are

[Bette’s scatting]

There’s gonna be
A certain party at the station
I’ll be in satin and lace
Used to call me funny face
Well I’m gonna cry
I promise that and I’ll never roam
But Chattanooga choo choo
Won’t you choo-choo me home

You leave the Pennsylvania Station at a quarter to four
Read a magazine and then you’re in Baltimore
Dinner on the diner
Nothing could be finer
Than to have your ham and eggs in Carolina

When you hear the whistle blowing eight to the bar
Then you know that Tennessee is not very far
Shovel all the coal in
Gotta keep it rolling
Come on Chattanooga there you are

[Bette’s scatting]

I’m gonna cry but I won’t
I promise that and I’ll never roam
Oh Chattanooga choo choo
Oh Chattanooga choo choo
Oh Chattanooga choo choo
Won’t you choo-choo me

[Bette’s doing train sounds]

Chattanooga choo choo
Chattanooga choo choo
Chattanooga choo choo
Won’t you choo-choo me home