Mama From the Train
Patti Page
Written by Irving Gordon

Peaked at # 11 in 1956
According to legend, songwriter Irving Gordon based the unusual wording of this 
song on the speech patters of the Amish in Pennsylvania. Years later, Patti later 
admitted the title's double-meaning never occurred to her while she was recording 
it. This title later inspired a hit 1987 comedy starring Danny De Vito and Billy 
Crystal, "Throw Momma from the Train."


	Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss
	Wave mama from the train a goodbye
	Throw mama from the train a kiss a kiss
	And don't cry, my baby, don't cry

How I miss that sweet lady with her old-country touch
Miss her quaint broken English called *Pennsylvania Dutch*
I can still see her there at the station that day
Calling out to her baby as the train pulled away

	Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss
	Dry mama all your tears, won't you try?
	Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss
	And eat mama up all her pie

Can't believe that she's gone now, it's a lonely old town
Yet I know that her heavenly love keeps looking down
'cause whenever I happen to be passing through
I could swear she was there with the warmth I once knew

And I
	Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss
	Wave mama from the train a goodbye
	Throw mama from the train a kiss, a kiss
	And she throws one back from up high

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:  Pennsylvania "Dutch" is truly of German origin from 
"Deutschland" being thought of as "Dutchland."  It varies from standard English in 
that the word order is markedly different.  Other "Pennsylvania Dutch" expressions 
include "Look the window out and see who the gate comes in" and "Vee are too 
soon oldt und too late schmart."