Morningtown Ride

Train whistle blowing,
Makes a sleepy noise
Underneath their blankets
Go all the girls and boys
Rocking, rolling, riding,
Out along the bay
All bound for Morningtown,
Many miles away

Driver at the engine,
Fireman rings the bell
Sandman swings the lantern,
To show that all is well
Rocking, rolling, riding,
Out along the bay
All bound for Morningtown,
Many miles away

Maybe it is raining
Where our train will ride
All the little travelers
Are warm and snug inside
Rocking, rolling, riding,
Out along the bay
All bound for Morningtown,
Many miles away

Somewhere there is sunshine,
Somewhere there is day
Somewhere there is Morningtown,
Many miles away
Rocking, rolling, riding,
Out along the bay
All bound for Morningtown,
Many miles away

MYRA 

Chorus:
Myra, Myra, many boats in the harbour;
Gonna go down south and make many fast dollar,
And shake up the party, shake up the party;
Oh, Myra, Myra, many boats in the harbour;
Gonna go down south and make many fast dollar,
And shake up the party, shake up the party.
Myra, go down to the harbour;
I tell you, Myra, go down to the harbour;
Won't you hear me, Myra, go down to the harbour,
'Cause the big white ship pulled in today.
(Chorus)
I no time to see Myra today;
I tell you, no time to see Myra today;
I no time to see Myra today;
'Cause the big white ship, she sail away.
(Chorus)

NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN 

Chorus:
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen;
Nobody knows my sorrow.
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen;
Glory, Hallelujah!
(Repeat chorus)
Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down;
Oh, yes, Lord.
Sometimes I'm almost to the groun',
Oh, yes, Lord.
(Chorus)
I wish that I could find a way;
Oh, yes, Lord,
But life is just one long, rainy day;
Oh, yes, Lord.
(Chorus)
Glory, Hallelujah!

ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY 

Once in royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her baby
In a manger for His bed.
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little child.
He came down to earth from Heaven,
Who is God and Lord of all,
And His shelter was a stable,
And His cradle was a stall.
With the poor, and mean, and lowly,
Lived on earth our Saviour Holy.

And through all His wondrous childhood
He would honour and obey,
Love and watch the lowly maiden,
In whose gentle arms He lay.
And God's children all must be
Mild, obedient, good as He.

For He is our childhood's pattern;
Day by day, like us He grew.
He was little, weak, and helpless;
Tears and smiles, like us, He knew.
And He feeleth for our sadness,
And He shareth in our gladness.

And our eyes at last shall see Him
Through His own redeeming love;
For that Child, so dear and gentle,
Is our Lord in Heav'n above.
And He leads His children on
To the place where He is gone.

OPEN UP THEM PEARLY GATES 

Listen, all of you people,
Come and take a few lessons from me,
Get yourselves prepared for judgement day,
Hallelujah, lujah!
When you hear the trumpet blast
Then you know you're home at last.
Open up them pearly gates for me.


Chorus:

Why don't you
Open up them pearly gates,
Open up them pearly gates,
Open up them pearly gates for me?
Hallelujah, lujah!
When you hear the trumpet blast
Then you know you're home at last.
Open up them pearly gates for me, for me.

All you gambling sinners,
Now's time to start believing,
You're gonna meet your maker some sweet day
Hallelujah, lujah!
When you hear the trumpet clear
Gonna say goodbye to fear.
Open up them pearly gates for me.

Chorus

PAPER BIRD 

I fold this paper bird
My love's in Sendai City
O spread your wings and fly
My heart is in Sendai

I stay for you; I pray for you
A teardrop dims my eye
I wait for you; my fate is you
And here's the reason why

My paper bird has wings
To fold my love so softly
As gentle as a sigh
My heart is in Sendai

So care for me; and spare for me
A loving thought tonight
Be true to me, and soon we'll be
Together by and by

O paper bird take flight
And fly to Sendai City
So lonely here am I
My heart is in Sendai

PLAISIR D'AMOUR 

The joy of love is but a moment long;
The pain of love endures a whole life long.
Your eyes kissed mine; I saw the love in them shine;
You brought me heaven right then when your eyes kissed mine.
My love loves me, and all the wonders I see;
A rainbow shines in my window; my love loves me.
But now he's gone, like a dream that fades into dawn,
But the words stay locked in my heartstrings, "My love loves me."
The joy of love is but a moment long,
The pain of love endures a whole life long.

PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON 

Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff, oh...
Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.
Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.

Together they would travel on boat with billowed sail;
Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail.
Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came;
Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name, oh

Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.
Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.

A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys;
Painted wings and giants's rings make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more,
And Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.

His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain;
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave,
So, Puff that mighty dragon, sadly slipped into his cave, oh

Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.
Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee.

RATTLER 

Don't know where I'll be tomorrow,
Ridin' on some northern railroad.
Left some setting suns behind me;
There'll be many more before I'm through.
Rattler, take me home to my baby;
One-way ticket, bringin' me back to you.
Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah;
Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah.
Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah;
Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah.

Been away for such a long time;
You've been on my mind the whole time.
I've changed cities like an old coat,
Train a-rollin', don't know where I am.
Friends I'll never meet again,
Memories drifting by like grains of sand.

Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah;
Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah.
Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah;
Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah.

Rattler movin' on down the line,
Dreams to carry me through the night.
Country lanes sweep by before me,
Friendly stars to light my way to you.
Rattler, take me home to my baby;
One more town, journey's almost through.

Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah;
Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah.
(Humming and fade)

RED RUBBER BALL 

I should've known you'd bid me farewell;
There's a lesson to be learned from this, and I learned it very well.
Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea:
If I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me.
Chorus:
And I think it's gonna be all right;
Yeh, the worst is over now;
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball.
You never cared for secrets I'd confide;
To you I'm just an ornament, somethin' for your pride.
Always runnin', never carin', that's the life you live.
Stolen moments of your time were all you had to give.
(Chorus)
The story's in the past, with nothin' to recall;
I've got my life to live, and I don't need you at all.
The rollercoaster ride we took is nearly at an end;
I bought my ticket with my tears; that's all I'm gonna spend.
(Chorus twice)
Whoa, whoa, it's bouncin', and it's shinin' like a red rubber ball.