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Train Going Past (Choo Choo​!​)

from Hello Good Morning by Earl Leonard - Music for Kids!

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about

My son, Jasper, and I were watching old Sesame St clips on their site and came across one where a man gave a blues harmonica demonstration (I think it was Toots Thielemans but I haven't been able to find the clip again!)

Afterwards Jasper wanted to play harmonica, so I grabbed one of mine and we went to a near by playground to make some noise. Jasper sat on top on the slide and made up this blowing on the harmonica in between lines:

The train is going past. The train is going fast along the tracks. It goes: “choo-choo! Here I am coming through!

That last line is something I'd said to him that trains say before, to help him overcome an earlier fear he'd had.

I said I loved his song and asked him if I could make up some more words too. He said ok. It took me much longer than him to write the other verses but he liked them thankfully!

So this song is the result. (And my son get's his 1st co-songwriting credit at 3 years old. Yes, I'll put his fair share of royalties into a trust fund)!

lyrics

Well the train is going past
Down the tracks
Yeah the train is going fast
Along the tracks
And it goes: “choo-choo!
Here I am coming through”

Well the train is very long
It’s got lots of trucks
Yeah the engines very strong
It pulls all the trucks
And it goes: “choo-choo!
Here I am coming through”

Well the train carries all the freight
So it can’t be late
All the cars got to wait
When it goes: “choo-choo”
Yeah it goes: “choo-choo!”

Yeah the train makes lots of noise
Rattle rattle clatter clatter
Even more than girls and boys
Rattle rattle clatter clatter
And it goes: “choo-choo!
Look out”
yeah it goes: “choo-choo!
Ready or not”
It goes: “choo-choo!
Here I am coming through”

credits

from Hello Good Morning, released July 4, 2011
Words and Music by Jasper Leonard and Earl Leonard. Engineered/Master by Jeremy d. Conlon at Left of Elephant Sound 2011.

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Earl Leonard - Music for Kids! Ballarat, Australia

Earl Leonard plays a mix of traditional, popular and original music that kids join in with. Improvising new words & actions, no two shows are ever the same. Yet the music is still familiar enough to help kids feel at ease. It's active creativity for the entire audience; it's music for kids. ... more

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