Train passengers sing Over the Rainbow

Looking at the faces on that train it comes as a pleasant surprise that they have even heard of a 1939 song, albeit one that is very famous due to The Wizard of Oz being rerun on TV almost every Christmas.

When my wife was a rookie in the ambulance service she told me of an elderly lady who, when they went past a tall wooden fence, would sing a line from the chorus of a popular wartime song: "Don't Fence Me In." This happened a number of times so my wife went to the lady, crouched down in front of her held her hands and sang:

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wild open country that I love
Don't fence me in

Let me be by myself in the evening breeze
Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees
Send me off forever, but I ask you please
Don't fence me in

The old lady joined in and when the song was finished she chided my wife, "What's a young woman like you knowing songs like that?
My wife just smiled, it made the old lady's day.

The most popular version of Don't Fence Me In, was by Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters.
 
Over the rainbow has been covered so many times, it would be hard to find anyone who hadn't heard of it tbh...



 

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