On the atchison, topeka and the santa febing crosbywords by johnny mercer, music by harry warrenandquot;on the atchison, topeka and the santa feandquot; was introduced by judy garland inthe 1945 mgm film andquot;the harvey girlsandquot;. the song won an oscar. it was also a bighit for bing crosby who recorded it feb. 17, 1944, although the recording wasnot released until june 1945. but johnny mercerand's recording was the biggest hit.it reached #1 in the summer of 1945. the following lyrics were transcribed fromthe bing crosby recording.do you hear that whistle down the linei figure that itand's engine number forty-ninesheand's the only one thatand'll sound that wayon the atchison, topeka and the santa fesee the old smoke risinand' and'round the bendi reckon that she knows sheand's gonna meet a friendfolks around these parts get the time of dayfrom the atchison, topeka and the santa fehere she comes, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woohey jim, you better get out the rig, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woosheand's got a list of passengers thatand's pretty bigand theyand'll all want lifts to brownand's hoteland'cause lots of them been travellinand' for quite a spellall the way from philadelphiaon the atchison, topeka and the santa fe------ instrumental break ------do you hear that whistle down the linei figure that itand's engine number forty-ninesheand's the only one thatand'll sound that wayon the atchison, topeka and the santa fesee the old smoke risinand' and'round the bendi reckon that she knows sheand's gonna meet a friendfolks around these parts get the time of dayfrom the atchison, topeka and the santa fehere she comes, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woohey jim, you better get out the rig, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woosheand's got a list of passengers thatand's pretty bigand theyand'll all want lifts to brownand's hoteland'cause lots of them been travellinand' for quite a spellall the way from philadelphiaon the atchison, topeka and the santa feon the atchison, topeka and the santa feon the atchison, topeka and the santa feon the atchison, topeka and the santa fedoo-doo-da, the good old a.t. and the santa fe
