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Railroad Songs on Music Rolls
By Tom McAuley

I just bought some old Amtrak advertising posters.  (Amtrak is
the passenger railroad service in the United States.)  One of the
posters has words forming the border around the picture.

Are these the words to a song, or just some ad agency "poetry"?
If it is a song, is it available on a piano roll?

 "Ride on down to Santa Fe or Philadelphia, PA.
  New Orleans, Albuquerque, too.
  Heading on out to Kalamazoo.
  Departing from Baltimore to Minneapolis/St. Paul.
  Omaha to Yuma, zoomin' into Zuma.
  And if you wanna, down to Tijuana.
  Buffalo, Chicago, don't forget El Paso.
  Toronto, Reno, San Bernardino."

Thanks!

Tom McAuley
Hutchinson, Kansas
http://community.webtv.net/TMcAuley/TomsHomepage



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