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Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: GUEST,Chuck Date: 22 Sep 20 - 03:28 PM Did anyone ever have any luck finding the book this was in? I sang it in 5th grade, 1958-59 in Grove City, PA. I remember fragments of many other songs from that book but have never been able to locate it. There was a song called "The Gardener's Song" that had a verse: He thought he saw a coach-and-four that stood beside his bed He looked again and found it was a bear without a head Poor thing, said he, poor silly thing it's waiting to be fed! |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: GUEST,Chuck Date: 22 Sep 20 - 03:20 PM Well,not too likely you're still looking for these lyrics after 10 years but I do know them if you're still wondering1 |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: beachcomber Date: 29 Nov 19 - 11:48 AM At the beginning of this thread Joe Offer posted the words of a song (Roll along Covered Wagon, Roll along) which I remember my mother singing and playing, on piano, from a yellow and brown covered song book. I can still remember the tune but cannot remember the illustration on that cover. I do rem that it was a book of "Cowboy" songs and I wonder if any mudcatters have ever come across it ? I am remembering back to when I was a young child, to around 1946/7. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: GUEST Date: 08 Apr 16 - 08:24 PM We must have been in the same time frame...I was also inquring about this song. I think the missing parts go something like this. Where the coyotes howl and the) I want to guess And the herders growl( and the heard of buffalo roam...roll along, roll along, roll along wagon train, wagon train, roll along, roll along roll along across the plain. Francis |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: GUEST,James phillips Date: 24 Jan 16 - 02:58 PM The second verse goes like this:
We will camp tonight at a pleasant site, (It's funny, but I remember all of the second verse, but only part of the first verse. We sang this in Elementary School chorus about 1957.) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: GUEST,George B. Date: 09 Jun 13 - 07:24 PM The lyrics are correct. I sang this song in the 4th grade in 1944 in Gorham, N.H. and have never forgotten it. I catch myself singing it every now and then. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: GUEST Date: 18 Mar 13 - 12:01 AM We sang the song back in 1951 when I was in 5th grade at General Rosecrans Elementary School in Compton California. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: GUEST Date: 13 Feb 13 - 06:37 PM "(Roll Along) Wagon Train" was written by Sammy Fain and Jack Brooks and sung by Johnny O'Neill. Found that in Wikipedia |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: GUEST,Jim Phillips Date: 13 Feb 13 - 03:37 PM We sang this song around 1957-58 at Alexandria Elementary School, in Alexandria, Alabama. I remember a little paragraph with the song that said the words were written by a class of students somewhere. The picture that was on the page with the music was a group of wagons in a wagon train, of course. Oddly enough, I remember the second verse better than the first. The second verse goes like this:
And we'll sing to the banjo's strum. To the fiddle's squeal, we will dance a reel, And be happy all the day long. Roll along Wagon Train, Roll along Wagon Train, Roll along Wagon Train, Roll along across the plains. First verse went something like this: All across the plains roll our Wagon Trains, On the way to the gold fields far, dum, dum, dum, de dum...... |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: GUEST,GUEST, Bill Date: 01 Dec 12 - 03:45 PM Guest Kevin, Kevin, I, too, have looked for years for anything relative to this song. I remember signing it at school in the late forties. It was printed in a book which had silver metallic cover. Also, I recall the music teacher or song leader saying that the piece was written collectively by a group of students from somewhere in Colorado. I've raked my mind but I can't come up with a third verse. I would think the writing occurred in the late thirties or early forties. You have made my day. THANKS. ROLL ALONG WAGON TRAIN D G Oh across the plains roll the wagon trains A7 D On the way to the gold fields far. G Where the bobcat prowls and the coyote howl A7 D And the herds of buffalo are. (ch) G D Roll along, roll along, roll along wagon train G A7 D Roll along, roll along, roll along across the plain. We will camp tonight at a pleasant site and we'll sing to the banjo's strum. To the fiddles squeal we will dance a reel And be gay what ever may come GUEST, Bill |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: GUEST,Kevin Date: 28 Sep 12 - 02:51 PM Thought I'd refresh this again. I think there is a third verse. Anybody remember singing this song? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: Joe Offer Date: 06 May 11 - 04:24 PM Hi, Rich - We have one person's recollection of the song posted above, but still haven't found a copy of the song in print. Collectively, we have a vast collection of school songbooks that we've indexed here, but the title doesn't show up in our songbook index. Any chance you know the song by a different title? I think we've checked all the school songbook songs with "wagon train" in the title. -Joe- |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: GUEST,Rich Date: 06 May 11 - 09:46 AM I remember sining this song in 5th grade in 1973/74 time frame. Did anyone locate the lyrics? |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: GUEST,Kevin Date: 09 Jul 10 - 03:52 PM No, I don't remember the book. It would have been around 1959 in the Boston MA area. Probably a fifth grade book. I'm still trying to identify the book. If I find it I'll post it. Kevin |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across the Plains Roll the Wagon Trains From: Joe Offer Date: 09 Jul 10 - 05:12 AM Kevin, thanks for posting the lyrics. Any memory of what book it came from? We haven't found it in our indexing of school songbooks. -Joe- |
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Subject: ADD: Roll Along Wagon Train From: GUEST,Kevin Date: 08 Jul 10 - 01:32 PM I ran into a fifth grade schoolmate and we pieced the song together so i thought I'd share it. ROLL ALONG WAGON TRAIN D G Oh across the plains roll the wagon trains A7 D On the way to the gold fields far. G Where the bobcat prowls and the coyote howl A7 D And the herds of buffalo are. (ch) G D Roll along, roll along, roll along wagon train G A7 D Roll along, roll along, roll along across the plain. We will camp tonight at a pleasent site and we'll sing to the banjo's strum. To the fiddles squeal we will dance a reel And be gay what ever may come (ch) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across The Plains Roll The Wagon Trains From: GUEST,Kevin Date: 17 May 10 - 03:25 PM "To the tune of your wheels I'll sing a song,...." That struck a chord. I remember a line.... To the fiddle's squeal we will dance a reel And be gay whatever may come. roll along, etc. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across The Plains Roll The Wagon Trains From: Jim Dixon Date: 17 May 10 - 11:26 AM "Where the coyotes howl and the panthers prowl" is a line from a poem TEXAS by E. J. Palmer—but it contains nothing about wagon trains. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across The Plains Roll The Wagon Trains From: Joe Offer Date: 15 May 10 - 03:05 AM "Where the coyotes howl and the varmits prowl" is a line from "Yodeling Cowboy," written by Jimmie Rodgers and recorded by Hank Snow and others (including Rodgers). "Where the coyotes howl and the bobcats prowl" is another line I picked up. -Joe- |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across The Plains Roll The Wagon Trains From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 14 May 10 - 09:40 PM I got it wrong; Harry Roy's orchestra played the song posted by Joe. Allmusic lists a song "Across the Plains." Haven't found lyrics, although 14 covers are listed. |
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Subject: ADD: Roll Along Covered Wagon (Jimmy Kennedy) From: Joe Offer Date: 14 May 10 - 05:25 PM Well, here's "Roll Along Covered Wagon" - not the requested song, but still worth including. I really like Jimmy Kennedy's work. ROLL ALONG COVERED WAGON (Jimmy Kennedy) performer: Harry Roy & His Orchestra Roll along covered wagon, roll along, To the turn of your wheels I sing a song, City ladies may be fine, but give me that girl of mine, Roll along covered wagon, roll along, Going home covered wagon going home, For this cowboy was never born to roam 'Long the road that doesn't change, To that old "Bar twenty range" Roll along covered wagon, roll along, Wipee-teeyi, old timers, heading for your ranch house door Wipee-teeyi, old timers, Corral me so I'll never stray no more." Roll along covered wagon, roll along," http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/r/rollalongcoveredwagon.shtml |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across The Plains Roll The Wagon Trains From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 14 May 10 - 03:27 PM Probably by Harry Roy and his orchestra, popular in the 1930s. "My Girl's Pussy," 1931, his best known. Played the Mayfair (he was English) but toured widely 1930s-1940s. |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across The Plains Roll The Wagon Trains From: Joe Offer Date: 14 May 10 - 03:16 PM Hmmmm. Gene e-mailed me and told me we're not allowed to give up quite yet....In another thread, I found a collection of fragments of what might be the song: from Guest,Lindsay
Roll along, covered wagon, roll along (line forgotten) Shooting bullets in the air, Roll along, covered wagon, roll along.
To the tune of your wheels I'll sing a song, City girls they may be fine, but give me that girl of mine. Roll along covered wagon roll along. Jack E. says that "Roll Along Covered Wagon Roll Along" was a big hit of 1934. And Jack supplies a parody verse: Will you come to Abyssinia, will you come? Bring all your ammunition and a gun, Mussolini will be there shooting peanuts in the air, Will you come to Abyssinia, will you come? Jack says, "Thh words quoted by Guest, Lindsay are interesting as they seem to have been compounded with a street version: in 1935 or 6 when Italy invaded Abyssinia we kids used to sing this version to the tune of Roll Along Covered Wagon." |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across The Plains Roll The Wagon Trains From: GUEST Date: 14 May 10 - 01:21 PM No, I remember The show "Wagon Train" but that is not the one I'm looking for. Thanks, Kevin |
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Subject: Lyr Add: WAGON TRAIN (theme from TV series) From: Gene Date: 14 May 10 - 10:57 AM From an old TV series... ]might have been extra verses each episode] Wagon Train Roll along Wagon Train. Rollin' over prairie where there ain't no grass, Rollin' over mountain where there ain't no pass. Sittin' on a board Eyein' the weather, Prayin' to the Lord We stay together Side by side on the Wagon Train. Wagon Train Roll along. Pickin' up a passenger in ev'ry town, Wonderin' if he's ever gonna shoot you down. Lookin' for a pal, ain't it a pity, Lookin' for a gal, needn't be pretty If she'll ride on the Wagon Train. Wagons ho! Gotta keep em on the run. Time to go! And follow the sun. Roll along Wagon Train. Never had a cabin near a general store, Only had a wagon and a forty four. Sittin' on a board Eyein' the weather Prayin' to the Lord we stay together Sid by side on the Wagon Train.. G |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across The Plains Roll The Wagon Trains From: GUEST,Kevin Date: 14 May 10 - 09:22 AM The chorus went something like; Roll along, roll along, Roll along, wagon train. Roll along, rollalong. roll along across the plain Thanks |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Across The Plains Roll The Wagon Trains From: Joe Offer Date: 13 May 10 - 06:40 PM I'm stumped on this one, but I thought I'd refresh the request. -Joe- |
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Subject: Lyr Req: Across The Plains Roll The Wagon Trains From: GUEST,Kevin Date: 13 May 10 - 02:27 PM We used to sing a song in school in the mid 1950's. It began: "Across the plains roll the wagon trains, on the way to the gold fields far, Where the coyotes howl and the (--------) prowl And the herds of buffalo are....." Does anyone know any lyrics to this? Thanks, Kevin |
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