Lyr. Add: PULLMAN PORTER MAN
Lyrics Stanley Murphy, music Arthur E. Behim, 1911

1. On the Twentieth Century Limited train
Has a Porter man named Daniel Lane
Who led a double life.
At each end he had a wife.
He'd bid goodbye to number one,
Saying, "Goodness, how I'll miss you, hon!"
Then go to number two
And swear that he'd been true.
His wife, out in Chicago, sat a-singing all day long,
While in New York his other wife
Would sing the same old song.

CHORUS: He's my Dan,
My Pullman porter man!
He's the high Mogul and Czar
Of a Pullman palace car.
'Long the line, just see his buttons shine!
I'm swelled all up because I know he's mine.
From his trips he brings home all his tips.
He just lays down his grips
And puckers up his lips.
In the evenin' he says, "Good night, Chic."
In the mornin', "How de-do, N. Y."
He's some "fast man," my Pullman Porter Dan."

2. At Buffalo, they had a wreck
And poor Dan nearly broke his neck.
The news his wives both heard,
And thought that he was dead.
They both packed up and jumped on trains
To view their loved one's last remains.
They reached his side next day
While in a trance he lay.
The doctor said, "Who is this man? now please identify."
Then both his wives looked down at Dan and both began to cry. CHORUS


Brings back memories of the glorious Pullman days.
The fireman and the engineer, we believed as children, also had wives at each end of the run.