A popular song from 1914
Words by Stanley Murphy
Music by Henry I. Marshall
The sheet music:
Lyrics
- Talk about your subway, talk about your “L”
Talk about your street car lines as well
But when you’re living out where the fields are green
You got to go home on the five fifteen
You leave the office just at five o’clock
You stop in at the butchers for a steak or a chop
You get the evening paper and a magazine
And you run like the dickens for the five fifteen
Chorus
Oh, the five fifteen! Hear the whistle blowin’
Oh, the five fifteen! Your “Ingersol” is slow
Oh, the five fifteen! Down the track she’s goin’
Bang! goes the gate on the five fifteen
- Wifey’s home a-waiting, dinner in the pot
Dishes on the table and the fire red hot
Gets a loving message on the telephone
“You got to eat your baked potatoes all alone”
The next train home is the seven thirty eight
Hubby goes into the corner to wait
Meets the biggest crowd that he’s ever seen
Seventeen commuters missed the five fifteen
Chorus
Oh, the five fifteen! Seventeen commuters
Oh, the five fifteen! Lined up at the bar
Oh, the five fifteen! Wifey’s home a-waitin’
Nobody home on the five fifteen
- Everybody’s happy, everybody’s glad
It’s the seventeenth drink they’ve had
Suburban quartet is singing “Home Sweet Home”
And hubby’s all excited singing baritone
He gets home at half-past one
Carrying a steak and a chop and a bun
Door is locked and the lights turned down
Throws the steak thro’ the transom and goes back to town
Chorus
Oh, the five fifteen! Seventeen commuters
Oh, the five fifteen! Still around the bar
Oh, the five fifteen! Hubby’s back to join ’em
Now there’s a club called the five fifteen
- Wifey’s home a-crying, lying on the bed
Hubby’s in the office with an awful head
Little blue glooms marching thro’ his brain
Yelling, “All aboard the five fifteen train”
He gets to the depot at five o’clock
Forgets it is Saturday and gets a shock
The guard says “Nut” get out of the way
The five fifteen doesn’t run today”
Chorus
Oh, the five fifteen! Cause of all the sorrow
Oh, the five fifteen! Brought trouble to our house
Oh, the five fifteen! Wifey’s gone to mother
Bang! goes the home on the five fifteen