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"Morningtown Ride" is a lullaby, written and performed by Malvina Reynolds in 1957, and covered by a number of artists. 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. ==Performances== *It was sung by the Limeliters, an American singing group led by Glenn Yarbrough, in their 1962 album "Through Children's Eyes." (RCA Victor LSP 2512 (stereo, RCA Victor LPM 2512 (mono)〔(The Limeliters - Through Children's Eyes - RCA LSP 2512 )〕 *Performed by The Seekers with Bobby Richards and his Orchestra on the 1964 album ''Hide and Seekers'' (Music for Pleasure MFP 1301).〔 (Seekers, The - Hide and Seekers (LP, Album) at Discogs )〕 It was subsequently re-recorded and released as a single (Columbia DB 8060), produced by Tom Springfield,〔 (Chart Stats - Cover Art for "Morningtown Ride" by Seekers )〕 reaching #2 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1966.〔 (Chart Stats - Seekers - Morningtown Ride )〕 *Reynolds herself recorded it on her 1970 album ''Artichokes, Griddle Cakes, and Other Good Things'' (Pacific Cascade Records LP-7018).〔(Malvina Reynolds Discography / Recordings )〕 *Bob McGrath sang this song on the ''Sesame Street'' album, ''Bert & Ernie Sing-Along''. *Raffi sang this song on his album in 1980 Baby Beluga (Rounder).〔 (allmusic ((( Baby Beluga > Overview ))) )〕 *The Wiggles and Jimmy Little sang this song on their 2000 album "Wiggly Wiggly World" (Lyons Group).〔 (allmusic ((( Wiggly Wiggly World > Overview)) )〕 *Erkki Liikanen sang a Finnish-language version, Matka Aamun Kaupunkiin. *Annette Hodgson performed this as the character Noelene in ''The Sapphires''.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673697/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morningtown Ride」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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