ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, February 25, 1996              TAG: 9602270139
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 10   EDITION: METRO 

``FIVE O'CLOCK WHISTLE''

The five o'clock whistle is on the blink.

The whistle won't blow, and what do you think?

My papa's still in the factory

because he don't know what time it happens to be.

The five o'clock whistle didn't blow.

The whistle is broke and what do you know?

If somebody don't find out what's wrong,

my papa will be working all night long.

And oh, who's going to fix the whistle?

Won't somebody fix the whistle?

Oh, who's going to fix the whistle

so my poor old papa will know what time to stop?

You ought to hear what my mama said

when papa came home and sneaked into bed

and told how he worked till half past 2

because the five o'clock whistle never blew.

- Written by Kim Gannon, Joe Myrow and Gene Irwin, 1940.

Recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra and Ella Fitzgerald and her Famous Orchestra.

Lyrics researched courtesy of WVTF's ``Jim C'' Cook

LENGTH: Short :   35 lines