M.T.A.", often called "The MTA Song", is a 1949 song by Jacqueline Steiner and Bess Lomax Hawes. Known informally as "Charlie on the MTA", the song's lyrics tell an absurd tale of a man named Charlie trapped on Boston's subway system, which was then known as the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA).

The song as written by Guard was taken from a 19th century mountain ballad about Tom Dula, who was hanged for murdering his sweetheart. Several albums ensued for the trio, all doing well...

Known informally as "Charlie on the MTA", the song's lyrics tell of a man called Charlie, trapped on Boston's subway system, then known as Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). The song...

Here's the Wikipedia story of the song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_MTA_......more. If you want to sing along on the chorus, here's the lyrics! Well did he ever return? No he never...

The first song (as far as I know) to use this melody was "The Ship That Never Returned", written in 1865 by Henry Clay Work. Work also wrote the more well-known song "My Grandfather's Clock" (and there are some similarities in melody between the two).

The song was originally recorded as a mayoral campaign song forProgressive Party candidate Walter A. O'Brien. A version of the song with the candidate'sname changed became a 1959 hit when recorded and released by the Kingston Trio, an American folk group.

2023年8月14日 · In 1949, the American folk group, Kingston Trio, released a song dubbed M.T.A. Written by Jacqueline Steiner and Bess Lomax Hawes, the jingle was also referenced as “The M.T.A. Song” or “Charlie on the M.T.A.”

"M. T. A.", often called "The MTA Song", is a 1949 song by Jacqueline Steiner and Bess Lomax Hawes. Known informally as "Charlie on the MTA", the song's lyrics tell an absurd tale of a man named Charlie trapped on Boston's subway system, which was then known as the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA).

The Metropolitan Transit Authority, better known as they MTA Is attempting to levy a burdensome tax on the population In the form of a subway fare increase Citizens, hear me out, this could happen to you Well, let me tell you of the story of a man named Charlie On a tragic and fateful day He put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family

“M.T.A.” was written by Jacqueline Steiner and Bess Lomax Hawes in 1949. It appears on the Kingston Trio album, At Large (1959). This is a story song about a man named Charlie, who finds...