Down by the Station
| "Down By The Station" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Written | 1948 |
| Writer | Lee Ricks, Slim Gaillard |
| Recorded by | Slim Gaillard, Tommy Dorsey, |
"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. The song itself is much older than 1948; it has been seen in a 1931 Recreation magazine[2]
Whether deliberately copied or not, the tune is very closely related to the chorus of Alouette (song), a French/Canadian folk song.[3]
References
- ↑ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. "Down by the Station" Lyrics and Music. Retrieved on 2009-6-05.
- ↑ The Mudcat Cafe
- ↑ The Mudcat Cafe