Down by the Station

"Down by the Station"
Song
Written 1948
Writer(s) Lee Ricks, Slim Gaillard

"Down by the Station" is a popular song written by Lee Ricks and Slim Gaillard in 1948, and most famously recorded by Tommy Dorsey. The song remains popular today as a children’s music standard. The opening lines of the song are: Down by the station, early in the morning, see the little pufferbellies all in a row. The song itself is much older than 1948; it has been seen in a 1931 Recreation magazine.[1]

Whether deliberately copied or not, the tune is very closely related to the chorus of the French/Canadian folk song "Alouette".[2]

The Four Preps recorded a version of the song in 1959, featuring an entirely different set of lyrics by group members Bruce Belland and Glen Larson.

References

  1. "Lyr Req: Down by the station, early in the morning". Mudcat.org. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  2. "Lyr Req: Down by the station, early in the morning". Mudcat.org. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
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