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It's Fun To Ride On The M-B-T-A

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Posted on: August 26, 2009 12:52 PM, by Blake Stacey

This one is for Jeffrey Shallit, currently on sabbatical in Boston:

Apparently, Tom Lehrer wrote this song in 1944, when Downtown Crossing was still Washington, and this recording comes from an interview on MIT's radio station WMBR, when it was still WTBS.

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Of course that would have been before he met Charlie, the mythical man who for want of a nickel was trapped on what was then called the M. T. A. (back then, "Government Center" was known as Scollay Square).

Lyrics to "M.T.A." by the Kingston Trio

Posted by: Eric Lund | August 27, 2009 10:07 AM

Wikipedia wonders about the same thing I do:

The song goes on to say that Charlie's wife is able to hand him a sandwich every day (but not, for some reason, a nickel) "as the train comes rumbling through."

I believe some people refer to this as fridge logic.

OK, the contest is now officially open: what was Charlie really doing on the MTA?

Posted by: Blake Stacey | August 27, 2009 10:20 AM