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WHEN THE MIDNIGHT CHOO
CHOO LEAVES FOR ALABAM'
Original
Sheet Music
Words
and Music by Irving Berlin (Info)
1912
8-Bar Intro
Verse 1
I'VE HAD A MIGHT-Y BUS-Y DAY, I'VE
HAD TO PACK MY THINGS A-WAY,
NOW I'M GOIN' TO GIVE THE LAND-LORD
BACK HIS KEY,
THE VER-Y KEY THAT O-PENED UP MY DREAR-Y
FLAT,
WHERE MAN-Y WEAR-Y NIGHTS I SAT,
THINK-ING OF THE FOLKS DOWN HOME WHO
THINK OF ME.
YOU CAN BET YOU'LL FIND ME SING-ING
HAPP-I-LY.
Verse 2
THE MIN-UTE THAT I REACH THE PLACE,
I'M GO-IN' TO OV-ER-FEED MY FACE,
'CAUSE I HAV-N'T HAD A GOOD MEAL SINCE
THE DAY, I WENT AWAY,
I'M GOIN' TO KISS MY PA AND MA, A
DOZEN TIMES FOR EV'-RY STAR,
SHIN-ING O-VER AL-A-BA-MA'S NEW MOWN
HAY.
I'LL BE GLAD E-NOUGH TO THROW MY-SELF
A-WAY.
Chorus
WHEN THE MID-NITE CHOO CHOO LEAVES
FOR AL-A-BAM',
I'LL BE RIGHT THERE, I'VE GOT MY FARE,
WHEN I SEE THAT RUST-Y HAIRED CON-DUC-TOR
MAN,
I'LL GRAB HIM BY THE COL-LAR AND I'LL
HOL-LER,
"AL-A-BAM! AL-A-BAM'!"
THAT'S WHERE YOU STOP YOUR TRAIN,
THAT BRINGS ME BACK A-GAIN,
DOWN HOME WHERE I'LL RE-MAIN, WHERE
MY HON-EY LAMB AM,
I WILL BE RIGHT THERE WITH BELLS,
WHEN THAT OLD CON-DUCT-OR YELLS,
"ALL A-BOARD! ALL A-BOARD! ALL A-BOARD
FOR AL-A-BAM'!"