Down By The Station is a popular song written by Lee Ricks and Slim Gaillard in 1948,[1] and most famously recorded by Tommy Dorsey. The song remains popular today as a children’s music standard. The opening lines of the song are: Down by the station, early in the morning, see the little pufferbellies all in a row. Notable covers of the song include Barney, and The Four Preps, whose version was a big hit for them in 1960.