The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #26158   Message #312608
Posted By: Joe Offer
05-Oct-00 - 05:14 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: train track running thru middle of h
Subject: Lyr Add: IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE ^^^
Hi, Yvonne - it's nice to post links, but better to post lyrics. Links have a habit of expiring. It's best to post both the link and the lyrics. It's pretty darn impressive that you found the song. I looked, but had no luck.
-Joe Offer-

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE

The railroad comes through the middle of the house
The railroad comes through the middle of the house
The trains all come through the middle of the house
Since the company bought the land

They let us live in the front of the house
They let us live in the back
But there ain't no livin' in the middle of the house
'Cause that's the railroad track

When a bill collector comes to the house
He knocks and bangs on the door
So we sit him right down in the middle of the house
And he never comes back no more

The railroad comes through the middle of the house
The railroad comes through the middle of the house
It comes and goes through the middle of the house
And the trains are all on time

Here comes the five-o-nine
Singin' this song
In the middle of the house

The railroad comes through the middle of the house
In and out of the middle of the house
Right smack dab through the middle of the house
Where the parlor used to be

There's a great big door in the front of the house
There's a little old door in the back
But we can't have doors in the middle of the house
'Cause that's the railroad track

A relative came to visit the house
He liked to scream and fuss
So we sat him right down in the middle of the house
And he never more bothered us

The railroad comes through the middle of the house
The railroad comes through the middle of the house
It comes and goes through the middle of the house
Since the company bought the land.
(Recorded by Vaughn Monroe and Milton Berle)

Click here or here for recording samples. ^^^