Petticoat Junction Theme - up411x

Written by Paul Henning & Curt Massey

Lyrics from Curt Massey's Capitol Records Recording

Sung by Curt Massey

Copyright 1963 Carolintone Music Co., Inc.*

Come ride that little train that is rolling down the tracks to the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

Forget about your cares, it is time to relax at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

Lots of curves, you bet, even more when you get to the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

Well, there's a little hotel called the Shady Rest at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

And you'll meet Uncle Joe, he's a-movin' kinda slow at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

When they hear the dinner bell from the Shady Rest Hotel at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

Folks will walk a country mile for that chicken country-style at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

But the dishes to observe are those pretty gals who serve at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

Well, we'll soon be leavin' town

There's old Charley oilin' round

Can she make it up the hill

At least to Hooterville

The pressure's on the rise

Floyd is burning railroad ties

Everybody get inside

Doesn't cost a cent to ride

Come one and come all and we'll take that Cannonball to the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

*Just a bit of trivia for you - Carolintone Music got its name from

Paul and Ruth Henning's children -

Carol, Linda (who played Betty Jo), and Tony 

TV Version

Sung by Curt Massey

Come ride the little train that is rolling down the tracks to the Junction,

Forget about your cares, it is time to relax at the Junction,

Lots of curves, you bet, even more when you get to the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

There's a little hotel called the Shady Rest at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

*It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

And that's Uncle Joe, he's a-movin' kinda slow at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

*After Bea Benaderet died & June Lockhart joined the cast,

the lyrics were changed to:

It is run by Joe, come and be his guest at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

Here's our Lady M.D., she's as pretty as can be at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!