[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]
a 1911 popular song.
Words by Stanley Murphy.
Music by Arthur E Behim.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. On the Twentieth Century Limited train
Has a Porter man named Daniel Lane
Who led double life, at each end he had a wife
He’d bid goodbye to number one
Saying “Goodness, how I’ll miss you, hon”
Then go to number two and swear that he’d been true
His wife, out in Chicago sat a singing all day long
While in New York his other wife
Would sing the same old song
Chorus
He’s my Dan, my Pullman porter man
He’s the high Magul and Czar of a Pullman palace car
‘Long the line, just see his buttons shine
I’m swelled all up because I know he’s mine
From his trips he brings home all his tips
He just lays down his grips
And puckers up his lips
In the ev’nin’ he says “Goodnight chic”
In the mornin’ “How de do N. Y.”
He’s some ‘fast man’ my Pullman Porter Dan
2. At Buffalo they had a wreck
And poor Dan nearly broke his neck
The news his wives both heard
And thought that he was dead
They both packed up and jumped on trains
To view their loved one’s last remains
They reached his side next day
While in a trance he lay
The doctor said, “Who is this man
Now please identify”
Then both his wives look down at Dan
And both began to cry
Sung here by Fred Feild: