One After 909 – English Lyrics

• By: The Beatles
• Album: Let It Be

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

My baby said she's travelling on the one after 909

I said move over honey, I'm travelling on that line

I said move over once, move over twice

Come on, baby, don't be cold as ice

Said she's travelling on the one after 909

I begged her not to go, and I begged her on my bended knees

You're only fooling 'round, only fooling 'round with me

I said move over once, move over twice

Come on, baby, don't be cold as ice

Said she's travelling on the one after 909

Pick up my bag, run to the station

Railman said, "You've got the wrong location"

Pick up my bag, run right home

Then I find I've got the number wrong

Well, she said she's travelling on the one after 909

I said move over honey, I'm travelling on that line

I said move over once, move over twice

Come on, baby, don't be cold as ice

She said she's travelling on the one after 909

...

Pick up my bag, run to the station

Railman says you've got the wrong location

Pick up my bag, run right home

Then I find I've got the number wrong

Well, she said she's travelling on the one after 909

I said move over honey I'm travelling on that line

I said move over once, move over twice

Come on, baby, don't be cold as ice

Said she's travelling on the one after 9-0

Said she's travelling on the one after 9-0

Said she's travelling on the one after 909

Oh, Danny boy, the old savanna calling

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Key Grammar Structures

• My baby said she's travelling on the one after 909

  ➔ Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)

  ➔ The speaker uses "said" to report what the baby expressed, omitting "that" for conversational flow.

• I begged her not to go

  ➔ Infinitive clause as an object complement

  ➔ The verb "beg" is followed by an object ("her") and a negative infinitive ("not to go").

• You're only fooling 'round with me

  ➔ Present Continuous for current activity

  ➔ The structure "be + verb-ing" is used here to describe an ongoing state or action happening currently.

• Then I find I've got the number wrong

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ "I've got" (I have got) is used to denote possession or state resulting from a past action.

• Come on, baby, don't be cold as ice

  ➔ Imperative sentence

  ➔ The base form of the verb is used without a subject to give a suggestion or command.

• Railman said, "You've got the wrong location"

  ➔ Direct speech

  ➔ Quotation marks are used to enclose the exact words spoken by the railman.