HUSH! HERE COMES THE DREAM MAN
(Robert Patrick Weston / Fred J. Barnes / Maurice Scott)


Florrie Forde - 1911
Edith Serpell 1912
Jack Charman - 1913
Evelyn Griffiths & Charles Hawtry - 1930
Henry Hall & His Orchestra - 1938





The Dream Man's coming on a train of cars
With moonbeam windows and his wheels of stars
So kiss your Mummy and kiss your Pa
Then all aboard you little ones

The railroad track, it is a railroad bright
That runs right up into the starry night
So come you little ones, have no fear
The Man in the Moon is the engineer

Hush! here comes the Dream Man
Hush! here comes the Dream Man
Now you children, run up the stairs
Put on your nighties and say your prayers

And ride with Mr. Dream Man
Until daylight comes again
And see all the wonders of Wonderland
On the Dream Man's train

Hush! here comes the Dream Man
Hush! here comes the Dream Man
Now you children, run up the stairs
Put on your nighties and say your prayers

And ride with Mr. Dream Man
Until daylight comes again
And see all the wonders of Wonderland
On the Dream Man's train



EXTRA VERSES (It is not known if these were written as part
of the original song, or if they were added years later):

Oh, we’re are going to meet Jack and Jill, 
They live in a house on Pumpkin Pie Hill 
It’s an all night trip aboard your pillow slip
On the Sleepy Night express

All the little tots down in sleepy town
Are awaiting to meet the train
With their licorice sticks, chocolate hats
And peppermint candy canes

There’s Tom thumb riding on a big black snail
And Neptune sitting on ol’ Jonah’s whale
A poor old seaweed rings the engine bell
It's made with a winkle in an oyster shell



TRIVIA: The chorus was parodied by soldiers in 
the trenches during World War One, as follows:

Hush! Here comes a Whizz-Bang 
Hush! Here comes a Whizz-Bang 
Now you soldiers, get down those stairs 
Down in your dug-outs, and say your prayers 
Hush! Here comes a Whizz-Bang 
And it's making straight for you 
And you'll see all the wonders of No-Man's Land 
If a Whizz-Bang hits you



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2009)