Down by the Station

"Down By The Station"
Song
Written 1948
Writer Lee Ricks, Slim Gaillard
Recorded by Slim Gaillard, Tommy Dorsey, The Wiggles (under the song title Pufferbillies)

"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

  1. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. "Down by the Station" Lyrics and Music. Retrieved on 2009-6-05.
  2. The Mudcat Cafe
  3. The Mudcat Cafe
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