Johnny Mercer On The Atchison Topeka And The Santa Fe Lyrics

On The Atchison Topeka And The Santa Fe Lyrics

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Bing Crosby
Words by Johnny
Mercer, music by Harry Warren


"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa
Fe" was introduced by Judy Garland in
the 1945 MGM film "The Harvey Girls".
The song won an Oscar. It was also a big
hit for Bing Crosby who recorded it
Feb. 17, 1944, although the recording was
not released until June 1945. But
Johnny Mercer's recording was the biggest hit.
It reached #1 in the summer
of 1945. The following lyrics were transcribed from
the Bing Crosby
recording.


Do you hear that whistle down the line
I figure that
it's engine number forty-nine
She's the only one that'll sound that
way
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

See the old smoke risin'
'round the bend
I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend
Folks
around these parts get the time of day
From the Atchison, Topeka and the
Santa Fe

Here she comes, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo
Hey Jim,
you better get out the rig, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo
She's got a
list of passengers that's pretty big

And they'll all want lifts to
Brown's Hotel
'Cause lots of them been travellin' for quite a spell
All
the way from Philadelphia
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa
Fe

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Do you hear that whistle down
the line
I figure that it's engine number forty-nine
She's the only one
that'll sound that way
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

See
the old smoke risin' 'round the bend
I reckon that she knows she's gonna
meet a friend
Folks around these parts get the time of day
From the
Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

Here she comes,
woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo
Hey Jim, you better get out the rig,
woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo
She's got a list of passengers that's
pretty big
And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel
'Cause lots of
them been travellin' for quite a spell
All the way from Philadelphia
On
the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

On the Atchison, Topeka and the
Santa Fe
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
On the Atchison, Topeka
and the Santa Fe
Doo-doo-da, The good old A.T. and the Santa Fe