Single:
Morningtown Ride entered the Australian singles chart* on 24 July 1965 and peaked at #8. The song was #53 on the Top 100 of 1965.
Album:
The song is on the 1964 album Hide & Seekers.
Songwriter:
Malvina Reynolds
Producer:
Tom Springfield
Record label of Australian release:
W&G
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
From the 1966 television special The Seekers at Home:
Wikipedia:
Morningtown Ride is a lullaby, written and originally performed by American folk/blues singer-songwriter Malvina Reynolds. It tells the comforting story of the journey through nighttime made by all the “little travellers” (children), on board a train, with the Sandman as guard.
The song was performed by The Seekers with Bobby Richards and his Orchestra on the 1964 album Hide & Seekers (W&G Records). It was subsequently re-recorded and released as a single in 1966 (Columbia), produced by Tom Springfield.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morningtown_Ride
Lyrics:
Train whistle blowing makes a sleepy noise
Underneath their blankets go all the girls and boys
Rocking rolling riding out along the bay
All bound for Morningtown many miles away
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