A popular song from 1911
Words by Arthur Longbrake
Music by Ed. Edwards
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. It was at a railroad crossing
In a little country place
That I first met charming blue eyed Sue
The sign “Stop! Look! and Listen!”
Stared me boldly in the face
As I stopped the whistle blew
And detained there for a minute
From the errand she was on
When she heard that warning sound
As she stood there close beside me
I then knew my heart was gone
When the gates went down
CHORUS
I stopped, she stopped,
While the train was passing by
I looked, she looked
Mighty pleasing to the eye
I listened, she listened
For we both seemed bent on talking
By her side I soon was walking
We stopped to see old Parson Brown
She looked to find a wedding gown
And soon we listened to the parson say
The words that made us one
Because we stopped, and we looked
And we listened for the train
2. Should you stop down at our cottage
You would find a happy pair
‘Tis a spot you’ll say is most divine
The clouds that ofttimes gather
Never spoil our sky so fair
For the sun there always shines
You should look upon the picture
that our happy home presents
In that little country town
And to listen to my Sue recall
The way we met that day
When the gates went down
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: