In the Middle of the House-Alma Cogan/Val Rosing

[ti:In the Middle of the House] [ar:Alma Cogan] [al:The Laughing Policeman: Children's Vintage Favourites] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In the Middle of the House - Alma Cogan/Val Rosing [00:07.13]The railroad comes through the middle of the house [00:09.74]The railroad comes through the middle of the house [00:12.28]The trains all come through the middle of the house [00:14.85]Since the company bought the land [00:16.24] [00:22.63]They let us live in the front of the house [00:25.31]They let us live in the back [00:27.52]But there ain't no living in the middle of the house [00:30.33]'Cause that's the railroad track [00:31.78] [00:32.89]When a bill collector comes to the house [00:34.91] [00:35.48]He knocks and bangs on the door [00:37.34] [00:37.95]So we sit him right down in the middle of the house [00:40.98]And he never comes back no more [00:42.99]No he never comes back no more [00:44.86] [00:45.80]The railroad comes through the middle of the house [00:48.17] [00:48.79]The railroad comes through the middle of the house [00:51.38]It comes and goes through the middle of the house [00:53.86]And the trains are all on time [00:55.57] [00:56.45]And here comes the five-o-nine [00:57.72] [01:04.75]The railroad comes through the middle of the house [01:07.33]The in and out of the middle of the house [01:10.02]Right smack dab through the middle of the house [01:12.38]Where the parlor used to be [01:13.84] [01:20.10]There's a great big door in the front of the house [01:23.12]There's a little old door in the back [01:25.44]But we can't have doors in the middle of the house [01:28.26]Cause that's the railroad track [01:29.85] [01:30.67]A relative came to visit the house [01:33.63]He liked to scream and fuss [01:35.22] [01:35.93]So we sat him right down in the middle of the house [01:39.04]And he never more bothered us [01:40.46] [01:40.98]No he never more bothered us [01:43.07] [01:44.06]Oh the railroad comes through the middle of the house [01:46.90]The railroad comes through the middle of the house [01:49.50]It comes and goes through the middle of the house [01:52.11]Since the trains are all on land [01:53.84] [01:54.58]I'm singing this song in the middle of the house