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''On the Old Fall River Line'' is a song composed in 1913 by William Jerome (words), Andrew B. Sterling〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://songwritershalloffame.com/exhibits/bio/C245 )〕 (words) and Harry Von Tilzer (music)〔()〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.denvernightingale.com/discography/part1.html )〕 set on a steamship of the Fall River Line of steamships between New York and Newport, Rhode Island, which connected with trains from Newport to Boston. Von Tilzer had often traveled the line and was inspired by honeymooners "stirred to romantic depths by the alliance of shadowy darkness, twinkling stars, softly lapping waves and stately moving ships." Popular during World War I, especially among New England soldiers,〔 it was also "much parodied." It is a cheerful, up-tempo ditty, but, typically of its time, "there is a final twist to married bliss with the final chorus line of: 'But I wish "oh Lord" I fell overboard, On the old Fall River Line.'" Described by the New York Times as "a popular song of a quarter century ago" in 1937, its full chorus was used that same year in Time Magazine's article on the passing of the old steamboat line. Although still garnering a place in ''Billboard''s 1949 listing of "Harry Von Tilzer's Best Known Songs" as late as 1949 and being described as "a famous verse" by The Christian Science Monitor in 1950, a dozen years after the last ship had sailed, it is less remembered today, although not completely forgotten. Modern-day performers have included Steve Martin and Tiny Tim. ==Chorus== On the old Fall River line On the old Fall River line'' I fell for Susie’s line of talk And Susie fell for mine Then we fell in with a parson And he tied us tight as twine But I wish ‘oh Lord’ I fell over board On the old Fall River line 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「On the Old Fall River Line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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