Ambulance Train
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From the play 'Days of Pride'. The contribion made by Wolverton Works to the war effort 914-18.
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The Wolverton Ambulance Train
(The Khaki Train Song)
Words & music: J Cunningham
Now people who know about Wolverton
May ask what we’ve done for the war
Well some of our lads are over in France
And we haven’t been asleep on the floor
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
There’s a cross on the roof And it’s painted in khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
The train has sixteen long vehicles
It measures some nine hundred feet
Its three hundred and sixty two patients and staff
Will enjoy ‘lectric light and steam heat
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
To keep down infection the seats are all hard
Cross on the roof and it’s painted in Khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
There are cars for the laying-down wounded
And two for infectious disease
A personnel car, a staff car, a couple of kitchens
For mutton and hot mushy peas
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
There’s a cooler to freeze cheese for the guard
To keep down infection the seats are all hard
Cross on the roof and it’s painted in Khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
The inside is of white enamel
So dirt won’t collect anywhere
And there’s not one corner the length of the train
So a spider would die of despair
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
There’s a cooler to freeze, cheese for the guard
To keep down infection, the seats are all hard
Cross on the roof and it’s painted in Khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
The pharmacy car will impress you
With it’s medical comforts store
There’s an office for the office
And a drawer for his drawers
And a treatment compartment next door
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
In the pharmacy car, stub out your cigar
Cheese for the guard, but the seats are hard
Cross on the roof and it’s painted in Khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
The staff car’s reserved for the doctors
And the nurses that sleep in there too
But their beds are set at each end of the coach
Fraternisation won’t do!
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
There’s separate quarters for nurses don’t laugh
In the pharmacy car stub out your cigar
Cheese for the guard but the seats are all hard
There’s a cross on the roof and it’s painted in khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
So our wounded will be treated in comfort
In this field hospital upon rails
No more jolting and jumping and lurching and bumping
This is luxury in every detail
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
It’s as good as the Ritz for the patients and staff
Separate quarters for nurses, don’t laugh
In the pharmacy car stub out your cigar
Cheese for the guard but the seats are all hard
There’s a cross on the roof and it’s painted in khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
(The Khaki Train Song)
Words & music: J Cunningham
Now people who know about Wolverton
May ask what we’ve done for the war
Well some of our lads are over in France
And we haven’t been asleep on the floor
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
There’s a cross on the roof And it’s painted in khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
The train has sixteen long vehicles
It measures some nine hundred feet
Its three hundred and sixty two patients and staff
Will enjoy ‘lectric light and steam heat
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
To keep down infection the seats are all hard
Cross on the roof and it’s painted in Khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
There are cars for the laying-down wounded
And two for infectious disease
A personnel car, a staff car, a couple of kitchens
For mutton and hot mushy peas
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
There’s a cooler to freeze cheese for the guard
To keep down infection the seats are all hard
Cross on the roof and it’s painted in Khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
The inside is of white enamel
So dirt won’t collect anywhere
And there’s not one corner the length of the train
So a spider would die of despair
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
There’s a cooler to freeze, cheese for the guard
To keep down infection, the seats are all hard
Cross on the roof and it’s painted in Khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
The pharmacy car will impress you
With it’s medical comforts store
There’s an office for the office
And a drawer for his drawers
And a treatment compartment next door
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
In the pharmacy car, stub out your cigar
Cheese for the guard, but the seats are hard
Cross on the roof and it’s painted in Khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
The staff car’s reserved for the doctors
And the nurses that sleep in there too
But their beds are set at each end of the coach
Fraternisation won’t do!
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
There’s separate quarters for nurses don’t laugh
In the pharmacy car stub out your cigar
Cheese for the guard but the seats are all hard
There’s a cross on the roof and it’s painted in khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
So our wounded will be treated in comfort
In this field hospital upon rails
No more jolting and jumping and lurching and bumping
This is luxury in every detail
Come and see our new ambulance train
Latest invention of the engineer’s brain
It’s as good as the Ritz for the patients and staff
Separate quarters for nurses, don’t laugh
In the pharmacy car stub out your cigar
Cheese for the guard but the seats are all hard
There’s a cross on the roof and it’s painted in khaki
They only missed one thing – and that was a bar!
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from All That's Changed vol 1,
released June 1, 2009
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The Living Archive Band Milton Keynes, UK
An acoustic quintet with an emphasis on strong vocals to deliver both songs and the spoken word depicting the experiences of the people of North Buckinghamshire past and present. The inhabitants of the towns of Wolverton, Stony Stratford and Bletchley and of course the new city of Milton Keynes all have had something to say, and the Living Archive Band gives them a voice. ... more
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