A popular song from 1916.
Words by Will J. Harris.
Music by Abe Olman.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Conductor, hold that train for me
I’ll thank you for this courtesy
I’d really go insane if I’d miss this train
For that sunny Caroline
I wrote the folks I’m coming home
Down there I’m like the King of Rome
Let me tell you friends, when this journey ends
Paradise you will find
CHORUS
Come along, come along
Come along to Caroline
For I invite you, it will delight you
When we get to our destination
You’ll meet my relations mother and brother
And a someone else who’s waiting there
Let ‘er go, let ‘er go
Let ‘er go, please engineer
Oh hear my pleading, start your train speeding
Say if you know what life is really worth
Send you baggage to the greatest spot on earth
Come along, come along
Come along to Caroline
2. They never greet you with brass bands
But they extend their welcome hands
That make you feel at home
You’ll ne’er want to roam
From that sunny Caroline
We have no cabarets down there
But you should see our county Fair
Every rube in sight stays out late at night
Don’t get home until nine