Transcribed from vocals by Cab Calloway, recorded
July 3, 1941,
From Cab
Calloway and His Orchestra, 1940-1941; Chronological Classics 629.
Pardon me, boy,
Is that the Chattanooga Choo-Choo?
Track twenty-nine,
Boy, you can give me a shine.
I can afford
To board a Chattanooga Choo-Choo;
I've got my fare
And just a trifle to spare.
You leave the Pennsylvania station
'bout a quarter to four;
Read a magazine and then you're
in Baltimore;
Dinner in the diner; nothing could
be finer,
Than to have your ham and eggs
in Carolina!
When you hear the whistles blowing
eight to the bar,
Then you know that Tennessee is
not very far;
Shovel all the coal in; I gotta
keep a-rollin',
Woo-woo, Chattanooga, there you
are!
There's gonna be
A certain party at the station;
Satin and lace,
I used to call that chick "funny-face."
She's gonna cry
Until I tell her that I'll never
roam;
So Chattanooga Choo-Choo,
Won't you, you choo-choo me home!
Chattanooga Choo-Choo!
Won't you choo-choo, choo-choo,
choo-choo me home!
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