Meredith Willson
Wells Fargo Wagon
[GRACIE, spoken]
Papa the Wells Fargo Wagon is coming up from the depot
[MAYOR SHINN, spoken]
That's a likely story
At this time of the day, nonsense
The Wells Fargo Wagon?
[GRACIE, spoken]
It could be the band instruments
[MAYOR SHINN, spoken]
The band instruments
[PEOPLE]
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street
Oh please let it be for me
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street
I wish, I wish I knew what it could be
[FIRST VOICE]
I got a box of maple sugar on my birthday
[SECOND VOICE]
In March I got a gray mackinaw
[THIRD VOICE]
And once I got some grapefruit from Tampa
[FOURTH VOICE]
Montgom'ry Ward sent me a bathtub and a cross-cut saw
[PEOPLE]
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' now
Is it a prepaid surprise or C.O.D
[FIFTH VOICE]
It could be curtains
[SIXTH VOICE]
Or dishes
[SEVENTH VOICE]
Or a double boiler
[EIGHTH VOICE]
Or it could be
[PEOPLE]
Yes, it could be
Yes, you're right it surely could be
[EIGHTH VOICE]
Somethin' special
[PEOPLE]
Somethin' very, very special now
[EIGHTH VOICE]
Just for me!
[PEOPLE]
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street
Oh, don't let him pass my door
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street
I wish I knew what he was comin' for
[NINTH VOICE]
I got some salmon from Seattle last September
[TENTH VOICE]
And I expect a new rockin' chair
[ELEVENTH VOICE]
I hope I get my raisins from Fresno
[BARBERSHOP QUARTET]
The D.A.R. have sent a cannon for the courthouse square
[WINTHROP]
O-ho the Welhe Fargo Wagon ith a-comin' now
I don't know how I can ever wait to thee
It could be thumpin' for thumone who is
No relation but it could be thump'n thpethyul
Just for me
[PEOPLE]
O-ho, you Wells Fargo Wagon keep a-comin'
O-ho, you Wells Fargo Wagon, keep a-comin'
O-ho you Wells Fargo Wagon
Don't you dare make a stop
Until you stop for me