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Morningtown Ride

"Morningtown Ride"
Single by The Seekers
from the album Hide & Seekers
B-side	"When the Stars Begin to Fall"
Released	1966
Genre	Folk^[1] folk-pop^[2] lullaby^[3]
Length	2:36
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Malvina Reynolds
Producer(s)	Tom Springfield

Music video
"Morningtown Ride" - (Stereo, 1966) on YouTube

"Morningtown Ride" is a lullaby,^[3] written and performed by Malvina Reynolds. It was covered by The Seekers and their recording reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song tells the comforting story of the journey through nighttime made by all the "little travellers" (children), on board a train, with the Sandman as guard.^[4]

The Seekers version

The song was performed by The Seekers with Bobby Richards and his Orchestra on the 1964 album Hide & Seekers (W&G Records WG-B-2362).^[5] It was subsequently re-recorded and released as a single in 1966 (Columbia DB 8060),^[6] produced by Tom Springfield.^[7]

The song spent 15 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, reaching No. 2 on 28 December 1966.^[6] In the United States, the song spent seven weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 44,^[8] while reaching No. 13 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.^[9]^[10]

Charts

Chart (1966–67)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)^[11]	2
Malaysia^[12]	4
South Africa^[13]	9
UK Singles (OCC)^[14]	2
US Billboard Hot 100^[15]	44
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[16]	13

Other versions

The Irish Rovers recorded versions of the song, which were released on the 1972 album The Irish Rovers Live and the 1976 album Children of the Unicorn. In 1973, the Irish Rovers' version reached No. 83 on Canada's RPM 100^[17] and No. 39 on RPM's Adult Contemporary Playlist.^[18]
Brendan Grace recorded a version of the song, which reached No. 25 on the Irish Singles Chart on 6 January 1985.^[19]
Australian soprano, Mirusia, recorded the song on her 2019 album, A Salute to The Seekers, which reached No. 1 on the ARIA Jazz and Blues chart.^[20]

See also

List of train songs

References

^ "Spotlight Singles" Billboard, February 4, 1967. p. 16. Accessed December 23, 2017.
^ Dimery, Robery (2015). "The Seekers - "The Carnival Is Over". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 163.
^ ^a ^b Ley, Alison (2003). Sounds of Singing: Reception-Y2/P1-P3, p. 49. Nelson Thornes. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "Lullabies for Sleepy Eyes", Susie Tallman & Rock Me Baby Records. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
^ The Seekers - Hide and Seekers at Discogs
^ ^a ^b "SEEKERS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
^ "Billboard Hot 100", Billboard, March 25, 1967. Accessed September 29, 2016.
^ "The Seekers - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
^ "The Seekers - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
^ "Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening", Billboard, April 15, 1967. p. 20. Accessed September 29, 2016.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Morningtown Ride". Irish Singles Chart.
^ "Hits of the World", Billboard, February 18, 1967. p. 60. Accessed September 29, 2016.
^ "Hits of the World", Billboard, January 28, 1967. p. 70. Accessed September 29, 2016.
^ "Seekers: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
^ "The Seekers Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "The Seekers Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
^ "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 20, No. 1, August 18, 1973. Accessed October 8, 2016.
^ "Adult Contemporary Playlist", RPM Weekly, Volume 19, No. 11, April 28, 1973. Accessed October 8, 2016.
^ Song Title Search Results for "Morningtown Ride", The Irish Charts. Accessed September 29, 2016.
^ "Morningtown Ride - Mirusia". YouTube. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

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Studio albums	Introducing the Seekers (1963) The Seekers (aka Roving with the Seekers) (1964) Hide & Seekers (aka The Four and Only Seekers) (1964) A World of Our Own (aka The Seekers) (1965) Come the Day (aka Georgy Girl) (1966) Seekers Seen in Green (1967) The Seekers (1975) Giving and Taking (1976) A Little Bit of Country (1980) Live On (1989) Future Road (1997) Morningtown Ride to Christmas (2001)
Live albums	Live at the Talk of the Town (1968) 25 Year Reunion Celebration (1993) 1968 BBC Farewell Spectacular (1999) Night of Nights... Live! (2002) Farewell (2019) The Carnival of Hits Tour 2000 (2019)
Box sets	The Seekers Complete (1995) Treasure Chest (1997) All Bound for Morningtown (2009)
Compilations	The Seekers Sing Their Big Hits (1965) Introducing the Seekers Big Hits (1967) The Seekers' Greatest Hits (1968) The Best of The Seekers (1968) Capitol Collectors Series (1992) The Silver Jubilee Album (1993) A Carnival of Hits (1994) The Very Best of The Seekers (1998) Greatest Hits (2009) The Golden Jubilee Album (2012) Hidden Treasures – Volume 1 (2020) Hidden Treasures – Volume 2 (2020)
Singles	"Waltzing Matilda" "I'll Never Find Another You" "What Have They Done to the Rain" "A World of Our Own" "The Carnival Is Over" "Someday, One Day" "Morningtown Ride" "Georgy Girl" "When Will the Good Apples Fall" "Emerald City" "Love Is Kind, Love Is Wine" "Sparrow Song"
Related articles	The Seekers discography List of songs recorded by the Seekers The New Seekers Georgy Girl (musical)

Seminal works

The Sandman (1816)
"Ole Lukøje" (1841)

Film

Lullaby Land (1933)
The Daydreamer (1966)
The Sandman (1991)
Sleepstalker (1995)
The Sandman (2000)
The Sandman (2011)
The Sandman (2017)

Songs

"The Japanese Sandman" (1920)
"Mr. Sandman" (1954)
"In Dreams" (1963)
"Morningtown Ride" (1966)
"Enter Sandman" (1991)
"Blood Red Sandman" (2004)

Comics

Characters	Dream (DC Comics) Sandman (Marvel Comics) Sandman (Wesley Dodds) Sandy the Golden Boy Hector Hall
Series	The Sandman (Vertigo) characters Sandman Mystery Theatre Sandman Midnight Theatre "The Sandman Saga"

Literature

The Sandman (1816)
The Sandman (2008)

Television

Sandmännchen (1959 German)
Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas (1991 Canadian)
Nilus the Sandman (1996 Canadian)
The Sandman (2022 American)

Other

Sandman (Dungeons & Dragons)
The Sandman (audio drama)
Coppélia (ballet)
Sha Wujing

Related

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- film adaptation
- TV adaptation

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