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Posted By: GUEST,henryp
27-Sep-23 - 07:19 AM
Thread Name: Any September Songs?
Subject: RE: Any September Songs?
27 September 1825 The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world’s first public passenger service, built by George Stephenson, was inaugurated.
Railways were still a novelty when the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway was opened in stages between 1852 and 1853.
O come and listen to my song / And I will not detain you long, About the folks, they all did throng / To the Oxford and 'Ampton Railway.
Chorus: Ri-fan, Ti-fan, mirth and fun, / Don't you wonder how it's done? Carriages without horses run / On the Oxford and 'Ampton Railway.
When the line is finished at both ends / Then you can send your cocks and hens And go and visit all your friends / Along the Oxford Railway.
Chorus: Ri-fan, Ti-fan, mirth and fun, / Don't you wonder how it's done? Carriages without horses run / On the Oxford and 'Ampton Railway.