Lyrics
(Flemish folk tune, Lyrics by Richard Compton, publ. 1921)
1. Up in the air the trains go flying,
Quick as a flash to Boston town.
Over the roofs of the houses gray,
Clear to the ocean we look away.
2. Under the ground the trains go flying,
Quick as a flash to Cambridge town.
Under the houses and trees we fly,
Under the churches and towers high.
See also
- Country: Northeastern states (U.S.)
- Subject: trains
- Form: ABA
- Harmony: chords i, v, V
- Meter: 2
- Rhythm:
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tempo: fast & slow
- Tones: s,l,t,drms
- Source: 140 Folk-songs with Piano Accompaniment “rote Songs” for Grades I, II and III,Archibald Thompson Davison, Thomas Whitney Surette, 1921
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
