The Harvey Girls Page #2

Folks around these parts get the time o' day

From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!

Here she comes!

Ooh, ooh, ooh,

Hey, Jim! yuh better git the rig!

Ooh, ooh, ooh,

She's got a list o' passengers that's pretty big

And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel,

'Cause lots o' them been

travelin' for quite a spell,

on the way to Cal-i-forn-i-ay

On the Atchison, Topeka

On the Atchison, Topeka

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!

Oh, the roads back East are mighty swell,

The Chesapeake, Ohio and the A. S. L.

But I make my run and I make my pay,

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.

Goin' back 'n forth along these aisles,

My lands, you must'a walked about a million miles

It's a treat to be on your feet all day

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.

Here we come!

Here she comes, comin' down the line.

Raa-du-raa, du-raa, du-ra-ra-raa.

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe!

She's really racin' down the line.

Choo-choo-choo, choo-choo-choo, Santa Fe!

Looky, looky, looky, looky look!

Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe!

Oh, boy, we're huffin' an' a-puffin' on the Forty-nine!

In this day and age, girls don't leave home,

But if ya get a hankerin' you wanna roam,

Our advice to you is run away

On the Atchison, Topeka an' the Santa Fe!

Faith and didja ever see such purty femininity

Arrivin' all at once in this h'yere town?

In this h'yere town?

Never seen the likes o' this for miles aroun'.

Round and round our heads are spinning,

New adventures are beginning.

What a length a gal'll go

in tarfety 'n calico

To really put a cowboy on the bosh!

Cowboy!

Cowboy!

Kibosh!

Kibosh!

It's enough to make a feller wanna,

Wash your face and hands, we hope,

you'll never be afraid of soap!

Button shoes and powdered chalk,

An' fancy smells and baby talk

Hit's awful what a gal'll stoop to do!

Even so, we aim to say,

We'd love to honor and obey, Bee!

Are there any more at home like you?

Hand me my hair-comb and my stickum,

Gonna get spruced up and out-trick 'em.

Put on the dog and out-city slick 'em.

Mister Harvey, Mister Harvey,

Fred Harvey knows exactly how to pick 'em.

We come from Dubuque, I-oway,

That's where the tall, tall, tall corn grows;

We come from Lousiana

Where the Miss-iss-iss-iss-ippi flows.

I was the Lillian Russell of Cherryville, Kansas,

but they never gave me a chance!

I finished high school in

Providence, Rhode Island,

and Providence, Rhode Island,

is where I learned to dance!

Oh, I'm from Chillicothee,

Ohio!

My middle name's Hiawathy.

Ohio!

I'm gonna get the gold in them thar hills,

So, I said goodbye-o, Ohio.

We were schoolmarms from Grand Rapids, Mich,

Readin', writin', 'rithmetic were not our dish.

I was born in Paris,

I was raised in Paris,

Went to school in Paris,

where I met a boy.

I was married in Paris,

almost buried in Paris,

but I finally left Paris...

Paris, Illinois!

So, this is the wild and the wooly West,

Give me my chaps and my checker'd vest!

Get me a gun and a holster for my hip,

Bang, bang!

Yip, yip!

What a lovely trip,

I'm feeling so fresh and alive.

And I'm so glad to arrive,

It's all so grand.

It's easy to see,

You don't need a palace,

To feel like Alice

in Wonderland.

Back in Ohio, where I come from,

I've done a lot of dreamin'

and I've travell'd some,

But I never thought I'd see the day

When I ever took a ride on the Santa Fe

Wanna take a ride on the Santa Fe!

I would lean across my window sill,

And hear the whistle echoing across the hill;

Then I'd watch the lights till they'd fade away,

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.

- What a thrill!

- What a great big wonderful thrill!

With the wheels a-singin' Westward Ho!

Right from the day I heard them start.

'Cross the Kansas plains through New Mexico,

I guess I got a little gypsy in my heart.

When I'm old and gray and settled down,

if I ever get a chance

to sneak away from town,

then I'll spend my busman's holiday.

on the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.

All aboard!

We came across the country lickety-split.

Goin' ninety miles an hour, fit to be tied.

I can't believe we're here at last.

When you go traveling, it's natch for you

to take the Atchison, Topeka

and the Santa Fe!

I can't believe that

anything would go so fast!

Then your pullin' throttle, whistle blows

A-huffin' and a-puffin' and away she goes

All aboard for Californi-a!

- On the Atchison...

- On the Atchison...

- On the Atchison, Topeka...

- On the Atchison, Topeka...

- On the Atchison, Topeka and...

- On the Atchison, Topeka and...

On the Atchison, Topeka an' the Santa Fe!

- Miss Bliss?

- Yes.

- I'm Jed Adams.

- How do you do?

- Welcome to Sandrock.

- Thank you.

I want you to meet Mr. Adams,

the Harvey House manager.

Miss Walters, Miss Johnson,

Miss Harper...

Why, you rambunctious coyote!

I'll teach you.

- Wait a minute, ma'am. I'm Mr. Hartsey.

- I don't care who you are.

But, ma'am, ain't you Miss Susan Bradley,

the lady that came out here to marry me?

That's Miss Susan Bradley back there.

If you ladies will please follow me.

We've been awaiting your arrival.

Really? That's very nice.

Who are they?

Ladies! Ladies!

How do, Miss Bradley?

Hello, Mr. Hartsey.

- Can I carry your bag, ma'am?

- My bag? Where?

I thought we was going down here to...

Yes, please, do. Thank you very much.

- Are you disappointed?

- Disappointed?

Well, I mean, you didn't expect

a mangy old buzzard like me, or did you?

Yes, I did. I mean,

I don't think you're a mangy old buzzard.

I mean, I...

You look like a very kind

and reasonable man.

Then you like me?

You mean you really like me?

I, of course, don't know you very well,

but you...

...certainly look to me

like a very kind and reasonable man.

Thank you, ma'am. I like you, too.

Thank you.

Of course, there's one thing I forgot.

I left it out of my letters.

I'm an awful housekeeper.

That's all right.

In these parts,

we live outside mostly, anyways.

- I'm a terrible cook.

- Don't let that worry you, ma'am.

Out here, we just put things

over a fire and take what happens.

Well, that's just fine, isn't it?

It's great. I can't wait for us

to be hitched up, can you?

Can't wait.

- I'm going to be the happiest man in town.

- I'm going to be the happiest girl.

Well, after all,

that's what I came out here for, isn't it?

Well, yes, ma'am.

Miss Bradley, I think you should know

something more about me.

I chew tobacco and I drink.

I'm a terrible drinker.

And I gamble.

Gambling, that's my downfall.

Well, Mr. Hartsey, you sound as if you...

Could it be possible

you don't want to marry me?

Wait, Miss Bradley. I want to marry you.

I want to marry you badly.

I want to marry you something awful,

but please, ma'am...

...please say no.

Mr. Hartsey, I think you're wonderful.

Of course, if you insist, I'll say no.

I sure do thank you, ma'am.

Well, anyway,

I thought your letters were beautiful.

Gosh, I didn't even write them letters.

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