Pardon me boy, is this the Chattanooga Choo Choo?
Track twenty nine, boy you can give me a shine?
I can't afford to board the Chattanooga Choo Choo
I've got my fare and just a trifle to spare

You leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four
Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore
Dinner in the diner, nothin' could be finer
Than to have your ham and eggs in Carolina

When you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar
Then you know that Tennessee is not very far
Shovel all the coal in
Gotta keep a rollin'
Ooh, ohh, Chattanooga there you are!

There's gonna be a certain party in the station
Satin and lace, I used to call "funny face"
She's gonna cry until I tell her that I'll never roam
So Chattanooga Choo Choo, won't you choo choo me home
(Chattanooga Choo Choo, won't you choo choo me home)