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Mama From the Train
Words & Music by Irving GordonRecorded by Patti Page, 1956 (#11)
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Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss;
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Wave mama from the train a good - bye.
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Throw mama from the train a kiss a kiss,
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And don't cry, my ba - by, don't cry.
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How I miss that sweet la - dy with her old - coun - try touch,
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Miss her quaint broken English called Penn - syl - van - ia Dutch;
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I can still see her there at the sta - tion that day,
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Calling out to her ba - by as the train pulled a - way.
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Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss,
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Dry mama all your tears, won't you try?
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Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss,
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And eat ma - ma up all her pie.
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Can't believe that she's gone now, it's a lonely old town,
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Yet I know that her heavenly love keeps looking down;
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'Cause when - ev - er I hap - pen to be pass - ing through,
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I could swear she was there with the warmth I once knew. And I
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Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss;
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Wave mama from the train a good - bye.
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Throw mama from the train a kiss a kiss
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And she throws one back from up high.
The following information appears with the preceeding lyrics at the original www.lyricsworld.com site (see Links page):
According to legend, songwriter Irving Gordon based the unusual wording of this song on the speech patterns of the Amish in Pennsylvania. Years later, Patti later admitted the title's double-meaning never occurred to her while she was recording it. This title later inspired a hit 1987 comedy starring Danny De Vito and Billy Crystal, "Throw Momma from the Train."
Pennsylvania "Dutch" is truly of German origin, arising from the corruption of the word "Deutschland" to "Dutchland." It varies from standard English in that the word order is markedly different. Other "Pennsylvania Dutch" expressions include "Look the window out and see who the gate comes in" and "Vee are too soon oldt und too late schmart." The same sort of inverted word order in speech was adopted by Yoda in the the Star Wars movie series.
This chart appears here in token repayment for many favors done by lyrics guru and long-time friend Ron Hontz.