On the 5:15
"On the 5:15" is a song written in 1915 and recorded by Billy Murray, along with the American Quartet, which featured a bass counterpoint to Murray's Irish tenor voice, probably William F. Hooley. This song is a satire of the commuter train system and the "modern" fast pace of life in the big cities, a situation already well-established by the time of World War I, and of course subject to jokes when things don't go as planned. There is no "chorus" to this song, each stanza is unique. Its five stanzas add up to somewhat of a "shaggy dog story" that tells a tale of a frustrated commuter, one of many (as he soon discovers) who keep missing the 5:15 train to the suburbs, and consequently get in trouble with their wives. Here is the first stanza:
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On the 5:15
"On the 5:15" is a song written in 1915 and recorded by Billy Murray, along with the American Quartet, which featured a bass counterpoint to Murray's Irish tenor voice, probably William F. Hooley. This song is a satire of the commuter train system and the "modern" fast pace of life in the big cities, a situation already well-established by the time of World War I, and of course subject to jokes when things don't go as planned. There is no "chorus" to this song, each stanza is unique. Its five stanzas add up to somewhat of a "shaggy dog story" that tells a tale of a frustrated commuter, one of many (as he soon discovers) who keep missing the 5:15 train to the suburbs, and consequently get in trouble with their wives. Here is the first stanza:
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