А вот и обещанные письма от Ирины. Читаем:

Официально песня Chattanooga Choo-Choo начинается со строчки 
Pardon me, boy. Эта версия песни была написана в 1941 году.
В 1984 году ее использовали в фильме c одноименным названием, и тогда же к началу песни прибавили 4 строки.

Hi there Tex, what you say?
В фильме был герой по имени Tex.

Если брать эту фразу без контекста песни, то Tex можно еще истолковать как обращение к техасцу.

В далекие 40-е, и 50-е, было много чистильщиков ботинок. Особенно много их было на вокзалах. Give me a shine - почисти мне до блеска ботинки.

whisle blowing eight to the bar - здесь нужна помощь кого-то с музыкальным образованием. Это что-то вроде восьмого такта или восьмой ноты конца такта или ноты на восьмой линии. bar в данном случае - это тактовый разделитель, а так же нотная линия. Скорее всего это гудок на самой высокой ноте.

Еще хочу обратить внимание на строки
There's gonna be A certain party at the station

gonna == going to 
(same for wanna == want to, gimme == give me, lemme == let me, и иногда donna == don't know. Но не думайте, что ditto это тоже производное от двух слов. Это вполне официальное слово, которое можно найти в словаре...)

Слово party oчень интересное. И не только в значении "вечеринка", у него есть еще другие применения. Скажем, когда в ресторане распорядитель спрашивает на сколько человек нужен столик, то это будет звучать так: How many is in your party? или Party of two? Party of three? и т.д.
Когда мой муж считает, что я потерялась в магазине (хм-ммм, я считаю совсем наоборот), то по радио объявляют следующее: "Irina, your party is waiting for you at the Customer Service"
A еще есть термин Third Party. Программисты его должны хорошо знать, а для тех кто не знает - другая (то бишь третья) сторона. Скажем, есть я, мой заказчик и какой-то поставщик. В данном случае поставщик будет третьей стороной, той самой third party.

Cоединив все это вместе, можно перевести строку как
Некое определенное (конктретное/заинтересованное) лицо собирается прийти на станцию ...

I used to... - я когда-то / я бывало

That's all folks!

Ира

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забыла сказать о gotta == got to

Привет, Текс! Че скажешь?!
Отодвинься дружок, сегодня я главный.
Растопырь уши и слушай мою версию
О по-настоящему хорошей экскурсии по Теннесси.

Прошу прощения, мальчик,
Не Чаттанугский Чу-Чу ли это?
Да, да, платформа 29!
Малец, почисть-ка мне ботинки!
Я могу себе позволить билет на Чу-Чу.
Я купил билет 
и еще какая-то мелочь осталась.
Ты отчаливаешь из Пенсильвании (штат) в без четверти четыре,
Читаешь журнал и уже ты в Балтиморе (город),
Обедаешь в столовке,
Ничего не может быть лучше
Чем яичница с бэконом в Каролине (штат).
Когда ты услышить гудок паровоза на самой высокой ноте
Ты знаешь что Теннесси уже совсем близко.
Бросай лопатой в топку уголь,
Колеса должны крутиться.
Ух-ты, вот ты какой Чаттануга.
На станции должна меня ждать некая особа
Сатин и кружева
Как когда-то я называл эту мордашку.
Она будет плакать до тех пор пока я не скажу ей, что больше не буду
скитаться
Поэтому Чаттануга Чу-Чу
Почему бы тебе не от чух-чухать (у кого-то есть лучший вариант?) меня
домой.
Чаттануга, Чаттануга
Все по вагонам
Чаттануга, Чаттануга
По вагонам
Чаттануга, Чаттануга...

И так далее

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Вот что я нашла в сети на эту тему. 
На этой странице можно посмотреть на киноплакат к фильму Chattanooga
Choo-Choo (1984). Но как вы понимаете, этот фильм не был первым... 
http://www.moviegoods.com/movie_item.asp?path=/Assets/product_images/large/&file=198400700001.jpg

Here's a small description of this movie:
A football team owner must restore the Chattanooga Choo Choo and make a
24-hour run from Chattanooga to New York in order to collect $1 million
left to him in a will. The train never leaves the station.

А этот линк ведет к музыкальной теме песни: 
Originally written for the movie Sun Valley Serenade (1941) and
performed by The Glenn Miller Orchestra, (1941)
http://www.choochoo.com/downloads/chattchoochoo.mp3

А вот исторический экскурс:
Для тех кто может посмотреть на итеренете - стартовая страница --
http://www.choochoo.com/hist_begin.shtml

Для тех кто не может, весь текст оттуда следует ниже:

>From the beginning

Incorporated in 1839, early Chattanooga was a river and rail town. The
geography of the region made it a convenient junction for river and
rail traffic. When the first train of the Western & Atlantic Railroad
arrived in 1849, the future of the community was secured.

Both commercial traffic- with regional merchants using Chattanooga as
an export hub - and passenger traffic gave a boost to fledgling
businesses. Traveling by private railroad car was the height of luxury
at the turn of the century, and Chattanooga welcomed thousands of
travelers during the golden age of railroads.

Aiming to provide luxurious lodging for rail passengers, John Stanton
of Boston invested $100,000 in 1870 in the construction of his
exquisite Stanton House on the southern end of Market Street. When it
opened in 1871, the five-story hotel boasted a dining room, barbershop,
observatory, saloons, billiard rooms, and - representing the pinnacle
of luxury - a bathroom on every floor. French doors opened onto long
balconies that overlooked expansive lawns and flower gardens.

The Stanton House quickly became the place to be, hosting balls,
business meetings, and dignitaries like President Rutherford B. Hayes,
who visited in 1877. The hotel was the site of the community’s
introduction to Alexander Graham Bell’s invention. A primitive
telephone was installed in the lobby, and it was among the city’s first
locations to have electric lights.

Nonetheless, Stanton House eventually struggled in its location, far
removed from the river and the center of town. Stanton had speculated
that the city would expand to the south and envelop the Stanton House.
By the turn of the century, however, the gleam had worn off the
once-grand hotel; and a dejected Stanton returned to his native
Massachusetts.

The Train Station

The property changed hands in 1905, when Southern Railway acquired it
for $71,500. The railway leveled the neglected Stanton House in 1906 to
make way for a new passenger station. The Terminal Station was erected
in 1908, with its centerpiece - a magnificent dome - that rose
majestically over the concourse. Built of steel and concrete and
buttressed by huge brick arches, the dome rested on four steel supports
75 feet apart. Suspended from it's ceiling were four brass chandeliers,
each with 40 lights circling an 18-inch opal globe. From an
architectural standpoint, this dome over the entire 68 x 82 foot
general waiting room was the most attractive design feature of its
time.

It was on the underside of this dome, the part in view above the
waiting room, that the only attempt to decorate in colors was made --
artistic plaster embellishments of heraldic emblems, which are now
fully restored. The dome was truly lavish and beautiful in its
different prismatic colors, especially when lighted at night.

An interesting bit of history surrounds the architectural drawings and
specifications chosen for Terminal Station. In the year 1900, the
greatest school of art, Beaux Arts Institute, was located in Paris,
France. The students themselves offered a prize that year...open to all
individuals in the architectural department...for the best plans which
could be drawn up for a railroad station suitable for the needs of a
large city. A flood of plans were drawn up by interested students; and
soon railroad stations of every shape and size, big, little, round and
square, were presented. The winner was an American, Don Barber, of New
York City.

In 1904, when the president of the Southern Railway System decided to
build a new passenger terminal in Chattanooga, one architect who
offered an entry was none other than this same Mr. Barber. When the
Southern Railway president saw Mr. Barber's design, he was much
impressed and summoned the gentleman to his office. He said he felt the
exterior plans were perfect but asked Barber if he could possibly alter
the interior design to conform with the interior of the then
fashionable National Park Bank of New York City. This young man agreed;
and Chattanooga's Terminal Station became a combination of the plans
which won Barber the first prize at the Paris Beaux Arts Institute and
of the famous New York bank, which had been admired by visitors from
all over the world.

On the bitterly cold winter morning of December 1, 1909, a crowd of
several hundred gathered in the 1400 block of Market Street for the
dedication of Chattanooga's "Gateway" - Terminal Station, and the first
train pulled into the station that day. The depot grew to serve nearly
50 passenger trains a day. Over the years, the bustling terminal
greeted Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin
Roosevelt.

Passenger train traffic slowed to a near halt in the 1960's with the
dominance of auto and air travel. Railway activity was replaced by
these faster modes of transportation.

Almost 61 years after the opening, the grand old building was closed to
the public when the last train stopped on August 11, 1970. Doors and
windows were boarded up, and Southern Railway vacated the entire
building.

The Train

The first Chattanooga Choo Choo was Cincinnati Southern Railroad's
small wood burning steam locomotive that started its journey through
history from Cincinnati, Ohio on March 5, 1880. Nearly all trains
traveling to the South passed through Chattanooga. The wood-burning
"Choo Choo" was the first to provide non-stop service.

The men who stood at the controls of these early steam locomotives were
rugged individualists. They were men who were willing to withstand the
hardships and personal sacrifices associated with this demanding
profession. The Chattanooga Choo Choo engine now on display at Terminal
Station is the same kind of wood-burner used on that first run from
Cincinnati to Chattanooga in 1880. Built at that time by Baldwin, it
was last used in service by the Smoky Mountain Railroad between
Knoxville and the Smoky Mountains in the 1940's. Completely
refurbished, she is the only engine of her kind now in the city. Two
similar engines - The "General" of Civil War fame, and the "Best Friend
of Charleston" - were for many years in Chattanooga but were put on
display elsewhere by their owning railroad companies.

The Song

A newspaper reporter dubbed the huffing and puffing little steam
locomotive the Chattanooga Choo Choo. Although the Chattanooga’s
Terminal Station was significant in its role of the train era with it’s
“Track 29”, little was known about the first Chattanooga Choo Choo.
Only after Glenn Miller's orchestra made the catchy song popular in the
late 1940's did the name become world famous. Introduced in 1941 by the
Glenn Miller Orchestra, the song was featured in the movie "Sun Valley
Serenade" and performed by Tex Beneke and the Modernaires. Harry Warren
wrote the original music score, while Mack Gordon takes credit for the
rhythmic words. The song, "Chattanooga Choo Choo," traveled fast
throughout the circles of Europe during World War II, and today it is
an international favorite.

Ноты и текст лежат здесь:
http://www.choochoo.com/downloads/chatt.choo.song.pdf

The Hotel

The Terminal Station seemed destined for the similar fate of Union
Station (parts of which were built before the Civil War) at the center
of town, which was demolished in 1973. But Terminal Station was saved
from the wrecking ball by a group of local businessmen who were
inspired by the theme of the "Chattanooga Choo Choo." They invested $4
million before its new grand opening on April 11, 1973, and the
beautiful Terminal Station once again opened its doors to welcome
visitors to Chattanooga - this time as a unique vacation complex. With
its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, the
Chattanooga Choo Choo is considered one of the cityвs first historic
preservation projects.

The terminal's dome room was converted into a huge dining hall. The
area that once housed the baggage room became the "Station House," a
restaurant with singing waiters and waitresses. A trolley car traveled
the tracks behind the station, and retail shops opened along formal
gardens in the former rail concourse. Authentic sleeper cars, once a
refuge for wealthy travelers, were lavishly furnished as unique
sleeping quarters. A hotel and convention center completed the complex.

In 1989, a group of Chattanooga investors, known as Choo Choo Partners,
Ltd., brought new management and invested another $4 million+ dollars
in renovations to the complex. The hotel was welcomed into the Holiday
Inn family, assuring Choo Choo guests of superior, affordable
accommodations. The Chattanooga Choo Choo, famous in history and song,
is now a magnificently restored structure for all to enjoy. Today there
is again the bustle that was so familiar in the railroad days.

А вот здесь фото Чаттануги, самый последний снимок - легендарный
локомотив...
http://www.chattanooga.gov/views/smimages.htm

That's all for now.

Ира