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	The MTA Song - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The MTA Song, often called Charlie on the MTA, is a song from the 1940s about a man trapped on Boston's subway system (then known as the MTA and now known officially as the MBTA and colloquially as the T).
		The song is so well-known in Boston that the MBTA's "Easy Way" card-based fare collection system, which will replace the traditional token system in 2006, has been officially nicknamed the "CharlieCard" in homage to this song.
		The song, based on a much older tune called The Ship that Never Returned (or its railroad successor, Wreck of the Old 97), was written in 1948 as part of the re-election campaign of Walter A. O'Brien, a Progressive Party candidate for mayor of Boston.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charlie_on_the_MTA (529 words)

	MTA Karate - Langley AFB, Virginia
		The MTA Karate academy is very pleased to announce the opening of the Langley AFB School.
		Master Shaw is a dynamic instructor and leader, we are very proud of the MTA tradition of quality martial arts that he pioneered and has faithfully nurtured.
		The influence of his life long study of the two systems, which are very similar in technique and kata, are evident in the superior kicking and punching style of MTA Karate students.
	www.mtakarate.com /Home/langley.shtml (311 words)

	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Originally it was called the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or the MTA, as immortalized in the popular folk-protest lament "The MTA Song".
		In 2006, the T expects to switch from tokens to a farecard system that will be called "The Charlie Card" in honor of the unfortunate hero of "The MTA Song".
		One of the rejected names for the farecard system was "The Fare Cod", a pun on both the way locals might pronounce "Card" and the fish that was once integral to the Massachusetts economy.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority (744 words)

	Lyrics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		M.T.A. (Steiner-Hawes) This satirical tune had been the campaign theme for Walter O'Brien, a left-wing candidate for mayor of Boston in 1948.
		Then the group launches into the tale of Charlie, a man doomed to ride the M.T.A. (Metropolitan Transit Authority) for eternity because he doesn't have the extra nickel demanded by the conductor, who won't let him off the train until he meets the fare.
		When Will Holt recorded the number as a pop song for Coral, the record company was astounded by a deluge of protests from Boston because the song made a hero out of a local "radical".
	www.tzengs.com /MTA_lyrics.htm (1084 words)

	Interview with Fred Small
		Song called Oops, it's not recorded, but there are songs that I've recorded that I can't do anymore that I used to do all the time.
		I didn't write it principally as a song to affirm lesbians, although that is a secondary purpose of that song.
		The song is 6 minutes 45 seconds as it is and within that time, yeah, basically the Nazis are bad guys, they are the enemy.
	www.jg.org /folk/artists/fredsmall/interview.html (10681 words)

	Folk File: W
		Many of their songs are credited to "Paul Campbell", a pseudonym they used in the early 50s, perhaps because of the fllist (just as Leadbelly was listed as "Joel Newman").
		The song circulated in the US south, and was brought to the attention of northerners when it was sung at a strike in South Carolina in the late 40s.
		The first is any song that suits the singer, and is used to pass the time, etc. The second is a song that actually participates in the work, generally used for coordinating the effort of a group or pacing the work.
	www.folklib.net /folkfile/w.shtml (4517 words)

	The MTA Song (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The MTA Song, often called Charlie on the MTA, is an old song about a man trapped on Boston's subway (then called the MTA, now called the MBTA or The T).
		The song, based on a much older tune called The Ship that Never Returned, was written in 1948 as part of the re-election campaign of Walter A. O'Brien, a Progressive Party candidate for mayor of Boston.
		There has never been an MTA stop called "Jamaica Plain", but there are several in that neighborhood of Boston.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/the_mta_song (320 words)

	Charlie on the M.T.A.
		It was one of seven songs written for O'Brien's campaign, each one emphasized a key point of his platform.
		One recording was made of each song, and they were broadcast from a sound truck that drove around the streets of Boston.
		He told me that a theater company was interested in the song and his friend warned him to copyright it before they got their hands on it...[sic] so he did.
	www.mit.edu:8001 /people/jdreed/t/charlie.html (1127 words)

	The Physical Revue, by Tom Lehrer
		The recording of the show was made by a young professor, Norman Ramsey, who went on to win the Nobel Prize.
		These are the earliest recordings made of Tom Lehrer, almost* the only recordings of Lehrer songs with contrapuntal words (i.e.
		Links for the remaining songs will be added before the end of September, though these will be lyrics and midi files only, and will not include recordings.
	www.haverford.edu /physics-astro/songs/lehrer/physrev.htm (281 words)

	The MTA Song (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The song based on a much older called The Ship that Never Returned was written in 1948 as part of the re-election campaign Walter A. O'Brien a Progressive Party candidate for mayor of Boston.
		One other note: The song has Charlie at Kendall Square and changing for Jamaica Plain.
		There has never been an MTA called "Jamaica Plain" but there are several that neighborhood of Boston.
	www.freeglossary.com /The_MTA_Song (383 words)

	instructional (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first part of the list is two-chord songs, using the 1 and 5 (G and D7 if you're in G. For the key of C, use C and G or G7).
		It's helpful to know that almost all songs start and end with the I chord, and that the next-to-last chord is almost always V. See if your ear can tell you when to change chords and which chord to change to.
		Note: Most of these songs can be played with an 8-note bluegrass-style roll (waltz time songs are an exception), so when you are able to change chords on a song smoothly, try substituting a roll for the simple strum you've been doing.
	www.drbanjo.com /instructional/instruct04-j-3chords.html (427 words)

	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a "a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts [1] formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA area.
		It replaced an earlier agency called the Metropolitan Transit Authority, or the MTA, as immortalized in the popular folk-protest lament "The MTA Song".
		The original MTA district consisted of 14 cities and towns - Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Milton, Newton, Revere, Somerville and Watertown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority (3077 words)

	usa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Our parents have both died peacefully (thank you for your song "White Buffalo", which has helped me grieve within the past two years) and so many friends and relatives have sung and listened to the MTA song in celebration of my parents' lives.
		Several of the songs, as well as the MTA song, were so poignant and humorous.
		This new political satirical song brings out a message the country might actually listen to, as it is a melody so many love, across the political spectrum.
	rodmacdonald.net /usa.htm (564 words)

	Folk File: H
		Hal-an-Tow the name of a song well-known in British traditional music, often sung by morris teams in connection with the May 1 sunrise ritual ("We were up, long before the day-o, to welcome in the summer...").
		A quick recap of the song and all its many cousins: a band of Gypsies comes to the castle when the Earl is away.
		Songs of hers that ended up in the folk blues tradition include "God Bless the Child" and "Strange Fruit" (which was popularized by White, Josh).
	www.folklib.net /folkfile/h.shtml (6974 words)

	The Story of "Grandfather's Clock" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Before Henry Clay Work named the tall standing clock in his song Grandfather's Clock, those types of clocks were known as case clocks, coffin clocks, standing clocks, upright clock, long clocks, etc. It was only after the tune was written that they became known as Grandfather Clocks.
		Among his tunes are "Marching Through Georgia" and the nineteenth century hit, "The Ship That Never Returned." This tune inspired a re-working of the lyrics in "The Train That Never Returned," which inspired the tune "The Wreck of the Old '97." "The Wreck of the Old '97" is ever popular among fiddlers.
		The Kingston Trio borrowed the tune by Work and added a melodic bridge in a further re-working of the original idea of "The Ship That Never Returned" which was called "The MTA Song." This song tells the story of Charley who rides a non-stop subway and just keeps on going round and round the system.
	www.fiddlerwoman.com /id71.htm (493 words)

	The MTA Song -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The song is so well-known in Boston that the (Click link for more info and facts about MBTA) MBTA's "Easy Way" card-based fare collection system, which will replace the traditional (An individual instance of a type of symbol) token system in 2006, has been officially nicknamed the "CharlieCard" in homage to this song.
		O'Brien was unable to afford radio advertisements, so he enlisted local folk singers to write and sing songs through out Boston on a truck with a loud speaker on it (he was later fined $10 for "disturbing the peace").
		Several other changes are made, such as Skinhead's wife throwing him a (A small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile) grenade instead of a sandwich.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_mta_song2.htm (415 words)

	Orrie de Nooyer Auditorium in Hackensack, NJ on October 2, 1982 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the late 1950s, the American public had seen the end of a war, and at last the country and the world were at peace.
		When three clean-cut, outspoken and charismatic young college students started singing about what had happened to each of us, when their songs spoke of our frustrations, expectations and joys in life, their success was imminent.
		In addition, they've introduced the new songs (which appear on their newest album with Nautilus Recordings released May 1979) "Aspen Gold" and "Longest Beer of the Night".
	users2.ev1.net /~smyth/linernotes/articles/pgrm1982-10-02/Program10-2-82.htm (865 words)

	Recap of Actions- Regular Board Meeting - February 24, 2000
		MTA Rights-of-Way Preservation Guidelines for use by MTA as guidance in the review and approval of requests for interim uses of MTA rights-of-way and other vacant properties.
		In the event at least the indicated amount of New State funding for each of the respective corridors is not authorized by state legislation by the end of the current fiscal year of the State, the CEO will return to the Board for further consideration of funding alternatives for all corridor projects.
		That the MTA adopt the policy position that the Wilshire corridor cannot be supplanted or replaced by the exposition corridor.
	www.mta.net /board/recap/2000/rcrb02242000.htm (2468 words)

	Encyclopedia: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
		The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is a quasi-governmental organization formed in 1964 that controls most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, USA area.
		Originally the agency was called the Metropolitan Transit Authority, or the MTA, as immortalized in the popular folk-protest lament "The MTA Song".
		The MTA Song, often called Charlie on the MTA, is a song from the 1950s about a man trapped on Bostons subway system (then known as the MTA and now known officially as the MBTA and colloquially as the T).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Massachusetts-Bay-Transportation-Authority (10399 words)

	The Oberlin Review Online // Arts
		The Murphys' modern-day take on the 1940s protest song, "The MTA Song," "Skinhead on the MBTA," disappointed none when it was played as one of the last songs.
		The band wrapped up, but the audience was having none of it, chanting "Dropkicks!" over and over until the boys came back for their encore.
		And so as the last "Oi!"s faded into the night, the crowd filtered home to their various Cleveland suburbs and the Oberlin contingent let the sweat and blood dry on their way back to the dorms, never knowing exactly whose sweat and blood it was.
	www.oberlin.edu /stupub/ocreview/archives/2000.03.17/arts/murphys.html (669 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Higham said that the group was asked not to sing its song 'Eureka Stockade' (about a famous Victorian gold miners’ rebellion in December 1854) on the schools tour because of the supposed association of the name 'Eureka' with the communist youth movement.
		She chose a series of songs which revolved around the album’s central theme of “a single girl’.
		Information from surviving Twiliter Jim Maguire is that the group rehearsed these songs at Dave’s Whale Beach home prior to the studio session and were quite bemused that the “great Dave Guard” was tapping a tambourine on their record.
	users2.ev1.net /~smyth/linernotes/DavesPlace/DFDU--pt4.htm (2306 words)

	SF BAY GUARDIAN: Cover Story : Bars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Legend is unclear, however, as to whether Specs himself wrote the song (as of press time, he was abroad and unavailable for comment or self-defense) or a pair of his aunts wrote it.
		John Lomax and brother of Alan Lomax) as a campaign song for Walter A. O'Brien, candidate for mayor of Boston on the Progressive Party ticket.
		As he tells the story, Specs later brought the song to the attention of a New York radio station, where it was given it considerable airplay, resulting in its being picked up in 1959 by the Kingston Trio, who made it into a nationwide hit.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~lady/snapshots/specs-guardian.html (448 words)

	World Wide Wood: CharlieCard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Boston.com reports that the MBTA, the oldest public transit system in the United States, is finally ditching its token system and switching over to a passcard system.
		The system will be called the "CharlieCard", in reference to the 1940's Boston political song, Charlie on the MTA.
		The song concerns a man named Charlie, who paid ten cents to get on the T, but didn't have the change to pay the five cent exit fare - a hot political issue at the time.
	prwdot.org /?p=archives/002136 (303 words)

	FRIENDS4EXPO TRANSIT NEWSLETTER Number 2 February 16
		There will then be a 45-day public comment period, during which the MTA is planning to hold public meetings to gather responses to the report.
		Someone has suggested that we simply write new words to the "Charlie and the MTA" song (don't remember the exact title) that the Kingston Trio used to sing.
		I/We heartily endorse this project, and urge the MTA board and elected officials in Los Angeles to do all within their power to make a light rail line on Exposition a reality.
	www.friends4expo.org /newsletter3.htm (858 words)

	My Story Chapter 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Camp tradition favored the choral-type, musically challenging pieces that were in our hymn book, "Great Songs of the Church." We loved some songs so much that we had the page numbers memorized; we could call them out when we were asked for requests.
		The first three strings in their proper place and then, skipping fourth slot, the D string was in the slot of the fifth.
		From where I was sitting I couldn't see the most experienced guitarist's fingers, so I was watching another kid's fingers who didn't know all the songs either?but from where he was sitting he could see the other guy (who knew the chords to the song).
	www.stormpages.com /abysses/MyStory1.htm (4125 words)

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