05 Oct 00 - 04:55 AM (#312604) Subject: train track running thru middle of house From: GUEST does anyone know this song, the lyrics? My grandmother used to sing it all the time. |
05 Oct 00 - 05:07 AM (#312606) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: train track running thru middle of h From: Quincy Think this is the one? clicky best wishes, Yvonne |
05 Oct 00 - 05:14 AM (#312608) Subject: Lyr Add: IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE ^^^ From: Joe Offer 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
They let us live in the front of the house
When a bill collector comes to the house
The railroad comes through the middle of the house
Here comes the five-o-nine
The railroad comes through the middle of the house
There's a great big door in the front of the house
A relative came to visit the house
The railroad comes through the middle of the house |
05 Oct 00 - 05:26 AM (#312609) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: train track running thru middle of h From: Quincy Thanks Joe, Will do! Yvonne |
05 Oct 00 - 05:36 AM (#312611) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: train track running thru middle of h From: GUEST,Michael in Swansea I have a recording of this by Alma Cogan. The last verse goes:
I'm singing this song in the middle of the house Mike |
05 Oct 00 - 05:52 AM (#312612) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: train track running thru middle of h From: GUEST Thank you all! Thank you all so very much I looked for days on many search engines and could not find it. Thank you again, you guys are awesome. |
05 Oct 00 - 08:48 AM (#312659) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: train track running thru middle of h From: SINSULL I used to sing this with the family kids and substituted their names for the tax collector. Little ones think it's hysterical. |
05 Oct 00 - 10:37 AM (#312725) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: train track running thru middle of h From: GUEST,Cool Beans There was a recording of it by Rusty Draper, who also popularized "Freight Train" with a pop single in the 1950s. Guess he had a thing about trains. Draper's recording of "Middle of the House" ended with the sound of the train coming through. I remember the lyric as "The railroad RUNS through the middle of the house." I taught it to my cousins last year; they live in Maryland and a railroad runs along the back of their backyard.
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05 Oct 00 - 06:37 PM (#313090) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: train track running thru middle of h From: Snuffy Give yerself a ^^^, Joe. In The Middle Of The House is in the DT database. It says there that it's by Bob Hilliard.
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05 Oct 00 - 07:15 PM (#313112) Subject: ^^^ From: Joe Offer Oh, NO!Once again, Joe Offer opens his big mouth and merits the dreaded triple-winged redundant harvesting birdie!Very astute observation, Snuffy. -Joe Offer, sheepishly-^^^ |