a 1913 popular song
words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. My little baby brother, sister and my mother
All my cousins and my uncles and dad
Live in a happy, happy little snappy, snappy
Little town where ev’rybody is glad
San Francisco town, that’s where I am bound
I’m drawing closer, closer on a train
And oh sir, when I get there I’ll be glad
Chorus
Oh you sixty mile an hour Choo choo hound
Rattle, rattle, rattle, cause I’m ‘Frisco bound
You better hurry across the ground
Don’t you dare to be slow, Go!
Oh you sunny, all the money, honey coast
Oh you Mammy, Uncle Sammy loves you most
Wake up choo choo roar and roar
Steam up, steam up, more and more
Rattle, rattle, like you never did before
‘Cause I’m San Francisco bound
2. I’ve got a full lunch basket if you care to ask it
You can share it if you’re going my way
I’ve got my Choo choo ticket if you dare to pick it
From my pocket there’ll be murder to pay
San Francisco shores, here’s to you and yours
Your sunny sons and daughters live in sunny quarters
And I’ll meet them all today
Sung here by Fred Feild: