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Thread #97815   Message #1964499
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
11-Feb-07 - 09:57 PM
Thread Name: Origins: copyright of kidsong 'LittleRed Caboose'
Subject: RE: Origins: copyright of kidsong 'LittleRed Caboose'
Lyr. Add: LITTLE RED CABOOSE
Words and music by Deke Moffitt

Spoken:
Woo - woo! Ch - ch- ch, Woo - woo! Ch - ch- ch,

1.
Little Red Caboose, chug, chug, chug,
Little Red Caboose, chug, chug, chug,
Little Red Caboose behind the train, train, train, train.
Smokestack on its back, back, back, back
Coming down the track, track, track, track,
Little Red Caboose behind the train.-
2.
Little Red Caboose, chug, chug, chug,
Little Red Caboose, chug, chug, chug,
Little Red caboose behind the train, train, train, train.
Coming round the bend, bend, bend, bend,
Hanging on the end, end, end, end,
Little Red Caboose behind the train.-

"Sometimes the train comprised of children will be "coming down the track." Starting softly, as the train is far away, the song is sung three times and made to sound as if the train is coming nearer and nearer. Or the train may be "going down the track," and the singing gets softer and softer. It's fun to pause at the end of the third repeat and sing "Woo-woo" as the "engineer" pulls the lever."

Copyright 1941 by Fillmore Bros. Co. Sole selling agent, George Paxton, Inc.

Page 77, "Music for Living- Music Through the Day," James L. Mursell et al., Silver Burdett Company, 1956.

A scan has been sent to Joe Offer for midi preparation.