Meredith Willson - Wells Fargo Wagon [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

People:
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street
Oh please let it be for me!
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street
I wish, I wish I knew what it could be!

First Voice:
I got a box of maple sugar on my birthday

Second Voice:
In March I got a gray mackinaw

Third Voice:
And once I got some grapefruit from Tampa

Fourth Voice:
Montgom'ry Ward sent me a bathtub and a cross-cut saw

People:
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' now
Is it a prepaid surprise or C.O.D

Fifth Voice:
It could be curtains!

Sixth Voice:
Or dishes!

Seventh Voice:
Or a double boiler!

Eighth Voice:
Or it could be

People:
Yes, it could be
Yes, you're right it surely could be

Eighth Voice:
Somethin' special

People:

Somethin' very, very special now

Eighth Voice:
Just for me!

People:
O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street
Oh, don't let him pass my door!
O-ho the Wells Fargo
Wagon is a-comin' down the street
I wish I knew what he was comin' for

Ninth Voice:
I got some salmon from Seattle last September

Tenth Voice:
And I expect a new rockin' chair

Eleventh Voice:
I hope I get my raisins from Fresno

Quartet:
The D.A.R. have sent a cannon for the courthouse square

Winthrop:
O-ho the Wellth Fargo Wagon ith a-comin' now
I don't know how I can ever wait to thee
It could be thumpin' for thumone who is
No relation but it could be thump'n thpethyul
Just for me!

People:
O-ho, you Wells Fargo Wagon keep a-comin'
O-ho, you Wells Fargo
Wagon, keep a-comin'
O-ho you Wells Fargo Wagon, Don't you dare Mae a stop
Until you stop for me!