Early memories of songs sung to us

[sean1981]

I posted a while back on some local words we used as children and this brought in a flood of added memories.

Having grandchildren I found myself singing lullabies that came to mind from my mum singing them to me. I wonder of anyone else remembers these too.

Golden slumbers kiss your eyes is one we might hear a lot but how about these two?

Motor car, motor car oh what a wonderful thing you are...... I could go on.

Standing at the station, early in the morning, see all the engines all in a row.......

The melodies that go with these are still in my head. Do they mean anything to others?

John

[brigantia]

" Down by the station,
early in the morning,
see lttle the engines
all in a row.
See the station master
pull the little handle,
who whoo chuff chuff
off we go! "
[words vary a lot]
It is usually sung to the tune of Alouette's chorus. Nobody knows exactly where this song came from. In 1931, the lyrics were published in a children's magazine. In 1948, Lee Ricks and Slim Gaillard copyrighted a song including this chorus, but lots of folks who were around before 1948 remember singing the "chorus" as children, so the "chorus" is much older.