Little Toy Train

 

Little Toy Train

by Richard Lawry

Six years old

A Colorado boy

For Christmas he wanted

Just one toy

Santa he said

All I want

Is an electric Train

But I know the cost

I know Daddy can't make it mine

So a wind-up train will be just fine

When Daddy heard his boy's refrain

He vowed to get him an electric train

On Christmas Eve

The boy was in bed

Electric train tracks

Around the tree spread

Christmas morning

A big surprise

The boy could not

Believe his eyes

Click-clack, click-clack

Steady and slow

Chuff-chuff, chuff-chuff

Watch her go

Toot-toot. toot-toot

Joyfully

Little toy train

Round the Christmas tree

Round and round the little train ran

The boy gasped and clapped his hands

He loved the train with all his heart

He knew that he would never part

Click-clack, click-clack

Steady and slow

Chuff-chuff, chuff-chuff

Watch her go

Toot-toot. toot-toot

Joyfully

Little toy train

Round the Christmas tree

The boy has grown to be a man

But every year since that Christmas grand

He sets up the train around the tree

And remembers how it used to be

Click-clack, click-clack

Steady and slow

Chuff-chuff, chuff-chuff

Watch her go

Toot-toot. toot-toot

Joyfully

Little toy train

Round the Christmas tree

Now the years have rolled

Like rails of time

Children laughing

Grandkids wide-eyed

That little train

Still circles the tree

Carrying love

Through the family

Click-clack, click-clack

Steady and slow

Chuff-chuff, chuff-chuff

Watch her go

Toot-toot. toot-toot

Joyfully

Little toy train

Round the Christmas tree

You can listen to the song as recorded byThe Junkyard Misfits at this link