A song from 1946. Theme of a popular TV show.
Words and music by Bobby Troup.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
If you ever plan to motor west
Travel my way, take the highway, that’s the best
Get your kicks on route 66
It winds from Chicago to L. A.
More than 2000 miles all the way
Get your kicks on route 66
Now you go through Saint Louey, Joplin, Missouri
And Oklahoma City is mighty pretty
You’ll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
Flaggstuff, Arizona, don’t forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino
Won’t you get hip to this timely tip
When you make that California trip
Get your kicks on route 66