by Laura Cushing

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The Train-Chain-Game!

April 26, 2008 02:54 AM EDT (Updated: April 26, 2008 02:57 AM EDT)

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In honor of the Race To National Train Day (Go TEAM GREEN - board our train here!), here's a train game for you.

I'll start us off with my favorite - Chattanooga Choo Choo (you can watch a video of it being performed by the Glenn Miller orchestra and the Nicholas Brothers here)

Chattanooga Choo Choo is a big band/swing song written in 1941 for the movie Sun Valley Serenade. It's my favorite because my dad used to sing it when I was little and the 'choo choo' made me laugh.

How many songs about trains (or containing trains in the lyrics) can you think of? One per comment, please! Extra fun if you give a few lyrics , a link to a video, or facts about the song.

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Tags: train game, chain game, songs, lyrics, music, trains, green train, green team, amtrak

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Carol Lloyd Apr 26, 2008, 2:55am EDT

the a train

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Lawrence J, H. Apr 26, 2008, 2:59am EDT

Come ride the little train that is rolling down the tracks to the junction.
(Petticoat Junction)
Forget about your cares, it is time to relax at the junction.
(Petticoat Junction)

Lotsa curves, you bet. Even more when you get
To the junction, Petticoat Junction.

There's a little hotel called the Shady Rest at the junction.
(Petticoat Junction)
It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the junction.
(Petticaor Junction)
And that's Uncle Joe, he's a movin' kind of slow at the junction,
Petticoat Junction.

green train

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Lawrence J, H. Apr 26, 2008, 3:02am EDT

A MAN AND A TRAIN by Marty Robbins- from the movie emperor of the north

green train

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Lawrence J, H. Apr 26, 2008, 3:07am EDT

Wabash Cannonball

green train

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Lawrence J, H. Apr 26, 2008, 3:09am EDT

The Wreck of the Old 97

green train

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Peter C. Frank Apr 26, 2008, 3:12am EDT

Pennsylvania 6500.

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Peter C. Frank Apr 26, 2008, 3:12am EDT

Hrm, my profile image disappeared?

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Lawrence J, H. Apr 26, 2008, 3:13am EDT

Orange Blossom Special

green train

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Lawrence J, H. Apr 26, 2008, 3:16am EDT

Folsom Prison Blues

green train

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Peter C. Frank Apr 26, 2008, 3:16am EDT

OK, I got it back. BTW, here's a great little ditty for that Pennsylvania 6-5-thousand. :) Enjoy!

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Lawrence J, H. Apr 26, 2008, 3:19am EDT

City of New Orleans

green train

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Lawrence J, H. Apr 26, 2008, 3:20am EDT

I've Been Working on the Railroad

green train

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Peter C. Frank Apr 26, 2008, 3:23am EDT

Ooooh, and let's not forget a train song by one of my favourite bands:

Driver 8 (by R.E.M.)

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Katie R. Apr 26, 2008, 3:55am EDT

Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

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*LORA* M. Apr 26, 2008, 4:35am EDT

I like the Petite Junction

Is sixteen tons about a train?

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Kerry Dexter Apr 26, 2008, 7:18am EDT

midnight train to georgia

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Kerry Dexter Apr 26, 2008, 7:20am EDT

2:10 train, carolyn hester

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Kerry Dexter Apr 26, 2008, 7:20am EDT

train on the island, by tim o'brien

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Kerry Dexter Apr 26, 2008, 7:21am EDT

and of course, John Henry, recorded by 8 zillion people in many versions

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Kerry Dexter Apr 26, 2008, 7:21am EDT

morning train, sheena easton

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Kerry Dexter Apr 26, 2008, 7:22am EDT

the L&N don't stop here any more, recorded most recently by Kathy Mattea

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Kerry Dexter Apr 26, 2008, 7:23am EDT

long black train, josh turner

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Kerry Dexter Apr 26, 2008, 7:24am EDT

train long gone, bluegrass song recorded by claire lynch

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Kerry Dexter Apr 26, 2008, 7:32am EDT

I'm so lonesome I could cry, hank williams [senior]

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Kerry Dexter Apr 26, 2008, 7:32am EDT

steel rails, alison krauss + union station [a train reference in the band name too, hey!]

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Patricia J. Apr 26, 2008, 9:38am EDT

King of the Road by Roger Miller

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Kerry Dexter Apr 26, 2008, 10:33am EDT

my baby thinks he's a train, rosanne cash

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Beth G. Apr 26, 2008, 11:16am EDT

i think theres a song called choo choo chaboogie. not sure if thats a title or part of the lyrics

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Steve V. Apr 26, 2008, 11:16am EDT

Midnight Train to Georgia

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Laura Cushing Apr 26, 2008, 1:32pm EDT

Train Under Water - Bright Eyes

You were born inside of a raindrop
I watched you falling to your death
And the sun, well she could not save you
She'd fallen down too, now the streets are wet

Body of water
Toxic and timeless
Atlantic ocean
New York skyline
I always get lost
When I leave the village
So I couldn't come meet you
In Brooklyn last night

But I sing glory from my lowest
And I will say peace to the people I meet
While the world waits for an explosion
That instant of life
That wipes the slate clean

So don't be fooled
No don't get lied to
Love was always cruel
(full lyrics here )

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Elizabeth V. Apr 26, 2008, 1:36pm EDT

Isn't "She's Comin' 'round the Mountain" a train song?

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Mariah H. Coruth Apr 26, 2008, 10:36pm EDT

Train of Love~ Neil Young and Crazy Horse

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Krissy spreading my wings hoping to soar W. Apr 27, 2008, 2:29am EDT

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April H. Apr 27, 2008, 6:44pm EDT

Guns N' Roses - "Night Train"

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April H. Apr 27, 2008, 6:47pm EDT

The KLF - "Last Train to Trancentral"

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April H. Apr 27, 2008, 6:48pm EDT

Kraftwerk - "Trans-Europe Express"

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April H. Apr 27, 2008, 6:49pm EDT

John Coltrane - "Blue Train"

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April H. Apr 27, 2008, 6:50pm EDT

The Blue Nile - "From a Late Night Train"

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April H. Apr 27, 2008, 6:55pm EDT

Simon & Garfunkel - "Homeward Bound"
Paul Simon wrote the typically beautiful "Homeward Bound" whilst sitting on the platform at Widness train station in England

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April H. Apr 27, 2008, 6:58pm EDT

Interpol - "NYC"
The train line "Got to get some more trains in my life."

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April H. Apr 27, 2008, 6:59pm EDT

Electrelane - "Gone Darker"
"Gone Darker" doesn't just make with the motorik rhythms, it opens with distant, crepuscular train whistles and steam vents that creep ominously closer, until the train practically rolls right over the listener

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April H. Apr 27, 2008, 7:00pm EDT

Kylie - "The Loco-Motion"

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April H. Apr 27, 2008, 7:01pm EDT

Augie March - "This Train Will Be Taking No Passengers"

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Laurel LaFlamme Apr 27, 2008, 8:29pm EDT

Al "Green" - Back Up The Train!

Back up the train
(Back up, train)
Turn it around
(Turn around)

I`ve got to take my baby
(Got to take my baby)
Oh, wherever I`m bound

I`m a lonely man
Just a lonely man
Need a helping hand
Yeah, yeah

Back up the train
(Back up, train)
Ease the pain
(Ease the pain)
Take me to my baby
(Take me to my baby)

I`m going insane
So, mister conductor
(Turn this train around)
All you gotta do now
(Turn this train around) ohh
....

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P L D. Apr 28, 2008, 12:59pm EDT

Lakeside - Party train....also like Fantastic Voyage

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April H. Apr 28, 2008, 5:23pm EDT

Pseter , Paul & Mary - 500 Miles

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Sharon B. Apr 28, 2008, 8:07pm EDT

I don't know any.

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Rima S. Apr 29, 2008, 10:28am EDT

Peace Train - by Cat Stevens

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Linda B. May 1, 2008, 10:01pm EDT

I here that Train A coming. Johnny Cash.

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hannah w. May 16, 2008, 10:01pm EDT

Thank you for posting to Post Your Pride! ^_^

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