The Coffee Machine Me Too!

# Come on and get on down to the city

# Where the trains all clatter through

# Hey! Look at that driver driving

-# I want to ride that train of blue

-Me too

# I'm looking way up high to the windows

# Take a peek for an inside view

# All these people busy working

# I want to see what they all do

# Come on, let's weave round the market

# Do you hear that hullabaloo?

# Everybody's busy selling

-# I wanna buy me something new...

-Me too

# Look through the arches under the station

# Down where the pigeons perch and coo

# Take a taxi ride to the river

# I wanna drive down the avenue

# Hey, look at those buses gleaming

# They look so clean and spanking new

# All lined up to drive around the city

-# Let me ting that bell

-Ding, ding!

# Going to ride on round to the school stop

# Where the children hurry through

# Sit down, the teacher's teaching

# I'd love to learn a thing or two...

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea. #

Eight o'clock.

# Come on and get on down to the city

-# Where the ferryboat sails at noon

-Sails at noon

# Time to call on Granny Murray

# She'd love to say hello to you... #

Hello, honey pie. Come away in and see who's at home today.

# Granny Murray's house has two at home to play

# Granny Murray's house is home to... #

Who's here today?

Well, we've got Stephen and we've got Megan.

Don't just sit there, my wee crumpets. Let's get busy.

What's on Granny Murray's shelves today?

Wow! Oranges. We are going to make freshly squeezed orange juice.

Oh, can you smell that?

-I like eating oranges.

-They're lovely and juicy, aren't they?

-Yes.

We'll squeeze them. Granny Murray will show you how.

Oh, it's tricky.

OK...

And some for Granny Murray.

Well, we've got Megan and we've got Stephen.

But someone's missing from home today.

Och, not any more. Who's coming home to Granny Murray?

Oh, yes. It's Raymond with Lisa. Hello, there.

-Raymond.

-Hiya, Granny Murray.

And Lisa.

-Looks like you've got a mess there.

-You can say that again.

Here, Lisa. Some freshly squeezed orange juice.

There's nothing like freshly squeezed orange juice.

Now we'll do something new. You can dress Claude up as an orange tree.

And we can waft over to the chairs like orange blossom in the breeze.

Granny Murray, your way of squeezing oranges

-is a bit old-fashioned.

-You don't say!

Yes. In my buffet car on the train I have an electric juicer.

-Oh.

-It's very efficient and there's no mess.

Sometimes the old ways are better than the new-fangled ways.

You're as bad as Tina. She always prefers the old way of doing things.

-I'm surprised she doesn't go round in a horse and cart.

-That would be fun.

I suppose. But new-fangled ways can be fun and clever.

Take my amazing coffee machine on the train.

-It can make any kind of coffee and tea.

-Really?

Yes. You should see the way it shines and gleams

-and hear the way it hisses and clunks.

-Oh, Raymond!

Oh, look at Claude.

Oh, you look very fruity, Claude.

Oh, yes, you sure do. Well done, my darlings.

-Here, Daddy.

-Oh, thanks, Lisa.

The very first of Claude's crop. Thank you, darling.

-I'd better get off to work.

-Come on, then.

Now, remember - sometimes the old ways are better than the new ways.

Thanks, Granny Murray. Have a fun day.

-Bye-bye. I'll be thinking of you.

-Me too.

Will YOU keep a wee eye on Raymond?

Make sure he goes the right way to work.

I'm a bit late for work today.

Can you tell me a quick way to get there? Thanks.

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry

# I nee, nee, nee, need to speed to work

# I take a ticke, ticket on the metro

# I'll be, be, be, be, be, be there quite quick

# Hurry, hurry, hurry on the train lines

# Clatter, clatter, clatter at the points

# Whining, whining, whining drives the speed up

# Squeaking, squeaking, squeaking slows us down

# Clatter, clatter, clatter

# Squeaking, squeaking to our stop

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry

# I really, really need to get to work

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry Hurry, hurry. #

OK, so we're here. But before I can get down to some work,

I have to change. So busy, busy, busy.

All dressed and ready to go.

Nine o'clock. Bang on time.

-Hiya, Raymond.

-Bobby! Great to see you. Where are you going?

-I'm off to see my mum. I've got a present for her.

-What is it?

Well, I picked up a bargain in Nicholson's department store.

-They were having a sale.

-Don't tell Tina. She loves sales.

They're selling these electric kettles - two for the price of one.

My mum needs a new kettle so I've got one for her and a spare one.

I don't know what to do with it.

-Perhaps Tina could use it in her garage for her tea breaks.

-You know,

-Tina's kettle is on its last legs.

-Well, then.

-Well, yes, but...

I was trying to convince her to buy a tea-making machine

-so when she returns to the garage her tea will be ready.

-Good idea.

But Tina hates new-fangled things.

Well, give her this new but trusty old-style kettle.

-How much do you want for it?

-A fiver should cover it.

-And a cup of tea?

-Oh, done.

Thanks.

Are you not going to try your new kettle? Make sure it's working?

Not when I've got my new chrome coffee and tea maker.

The pride and joy of my buffet car!

I don't think so. What kind of tea would you like?

I've got English breakfast, Earl Grey, Assam, herbal infusions...

-Just a regular teabag tea.

-Oh, right.

Well, go and take a seat, please, and I'll get my machine warmed up.

I wonder how you're doing, Lisa.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

Oh, this floor was needing a good brush, wasn't it, Lisa?

You hold my old-fashioned dustpan

and I'll sweep in the rubbish.

What would your dad say about this?

Are you having fun, Daddy?

Coffee, please. Oh, certainly.

What kind of coffee would you like? Filter coffee? Espresso?

Americano? Cappuccino? Latte? Mocha latte or mochaccino? Or decaff?

Just a black coffee, please.

Right. Good choice. The coffee here is very good.

My old dad, he gets these fancy coffees a bit mixed up.

He calls a cappuccino a cup of cino.

That's funny, isn't it? "I'll have a cup of cino, please, son."

-Raymond, did you forget about my tea?

-Oh, no.

I'm just waiting for the machine. It should be ready at Mollymoor.

But I'm getting off at Mollymoor.

-Oh, no. What about a juice instead?

-No, don't worry about it.

I'll get my mum to brew me a cup.

In her old-fashioned kettle.

Yes, that's right.

Right...well, I'd better get on with some hard work.

# I love my train

# He loves his train

# The driver rushes through the lights

# He pushes things far and wide

# The wheels go round and round the track

# To guide the engine there and back

# I'm so happy being me

# Doing all the things I love to do

# Chocolate, lemonade or tea?

# I'm just very happy serving you

# I talk, talk, talk all day

# Making special moments on my way I'll tell a joke

# And toast some cheese on toast

# I walk, walk, walk all day Bringing smiles and happiness my way

# Being nice is what I love the most

# Tickets all checked and looking fine

# Signal says we'll be on time

# Carriages rolling on behind

# See them go, every one in line

# I'm so happy being me

# Meeting all the people on the train

# Can I help and clear your things?

# If there is a problem, I'll explain

# Oh, I talk, talk, talk all day

# Wheeling trolleys Weaving to the sway

# I'll do a trick and make the journey quick

# I'll walk, walk, walk each way Loving all the things I do each day

# Bringing smiles and happiness my way

# I love my train

# He loves his train. #

Oh!

Sorry, everyone. I've been up and down the train with my trolley.

Just give me a second.

Right...what can I get everyone?

An orange juice and a tea, please.

An orange juice...

and a tea. Would you like milk with that?

Yes, please. Coming up.

-And you, sir?

-A black coffee, please.

-A black coffee.

-Right away.

-Thank you.

An Americano, please.

-An Americano. Would you like a wee biscuit with that?

-Thank you.

Free with the coffee. Yes, madam?

-Do you do cappuccino?

-Yes. I'll bring it over to you.

Right. There's nothing this baby can't do. And in a jiffy.

She's my pride and joy.

I wonder how my other pride and joy is doing?

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

-Do you like my old-fangled gramophone, Lisa?

-Yes.

-They don't make them like that any more.

-No. Like to hear it play?

-Yes, please.

-We'll crank the handle. That's the way.

Then I drop this needle down...

and we should hear music coming out this trumpet.

-CRACKLING MUSIC

-Oh, it's quaint.

What would your dad say?

He would laugh at us using an old-fashioned record player.

What are you doing on the train, Daddy?

Oh, what is wrong with this thing?

Oh, dear.

Raymondo, what's the hold-up? I can't get to the counter.

-I'm gasping for a cup of tea.

-You'll have to wait, Rudi.

That's a queue.

Oh, dear, my marvel of modern tea making technology isn't behaving.

Now I have a crowd of disgruntled passengers

waiting for their refreshments. Where did the time go?

At eight o'clock, I arrived at Granny Murray's with Lisa.

Granny Murray had been squeezing oranges to make orange juice.

I told Granny Murray about my favourite gadget -

my tea and coffee machine.

I arrived at work and the train set off on time at nine o'clock.

Bobby was my first customer.

She was on her way to Mollymoor with a present for her mum.

She'd bought two old-fashioned kettles in a sale.

I bought one of the kettles from her as a present for Tina.

Bobby wanted me to make her a cup of tea with her new kettle.

But I told her I'd make it in my tea and coffee machine.

It took a while for the machine to heat up and Bobby didn't get her tea.

At two o'clock,

I had a big queue of customers all wanting tea and coffee.

But I was still waiting for my new-fangled machine to warm up.

Now, remember -

sometimes the old ways are better than the new-fangled ways.

Sometimes the old ways are better than the new-fangled ways.

Well, I've got all these people waiting for teas and coffees

and I haven't got time to fix my new machine

so the old way it is. And it's a race against time.

# I've got to do it I've got to do it

# I've got to beat the clock before the chime

# I've got to sort it I've got to sort it

# I've got to do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'm going to beat that bong

# I'm going to finish this job before I finish that so-o-o-ong

# Do we think he's gonna do it?

# Do the job that needs to be done?

# Will he know how to fix it? Will he finish what he has begun?

# As sure as we are friends He will get there in the end

# Because he knows what he should do

-# I've got to do it

-He's gonna do it

# I've got to beat the clock before the chime

-# I've got to sort it

-He's gonna sort it

# I've got to do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'm going to beat that bong

# I'm going to finish this job Before I finish that so-o-o-ong. #

-There's your tea, Rudi, mate. Sorry about the wait.

-That's OK.

-I've been dying to show you this.

-What?

-My new-fangled laughing can.

-Cool! But what's a laughing can?

-It's dead good, Raymond.

It's got batteries in it, and you tip it...

No, you tell it a joke first by shouting in to the top,

then you tip it. It's meant to laugh.

-That's what happened when the man in the shop used it.

-Tell ME your joke.

Oh, right, OK. Are you ready? Ahem...

-What is a twack?

-I don't know, Rudi, what is a twack?

-It's what a twain runs on!

-THEY LAUGH

Boo-boo!

I tell you what, Rudi,

I think real laughter is better than canned laughter.

Oh, I must remember to tell Lisa that joke later on.

-Can we play this now?

-What is it, Lisa?

It's her favourite CD. It's quite good actually.

We can't play it on my gramophone.

-You'll have to use Granny Murray's new machine.

-No problem.

This is just what we need for the job, eh?

No need to wind this up.

Thank you.

There we are.

MUSIC PLAYS

Ooh, you're right, this is good!

-Let's have a dance!

-Oh, come on then!

While we still can. Your dad will be picking you up soon, Lisa.

-Raymond!

-Hi, Granny Murray.

-Hello!

-Come on, Lisa, it's your dad.

-Hiya, Daddy.

-Hi, Lisa.

-Have you had a good day?

-Yes.

-We certainly did, didn't we?

-Thank you.

-Aw, my wee angel!

-And a big thank you from me too, Granny Murray.

I remembered what you said, "Sometimes the old ways are better

-"than new and fangle-dangled ways." It saved the day.

-Bless you!

Come on now, let's get you two home.

-Bye, my darlings. Looking forward to next time.

-Me too.

-Come on, Lisa, let's talk about our time away.

-I suppose you'll want ME

to tell YOU all about my time too?

# Well, there was playing, running creeping, jumping, chasing, painting

# Laughing, baking, bathing Dressing, singing, swinging

# Rocking, sliding, hunting, hiding Jumping up and turning round

# Dressing up and sitting down. #

Ha-ha!

But what was really special about today?

Well, Claude was dressed as an orange tree, as the children

had been juicing oranges with my orange squeezer. It was a lovely,

messy, sticky job. We filled lots of cups with fresh orange juice.

As soon as Raymond left for work, I got out my old dustpan and brush,

and Lisa and I swept up the floor. Later on, Mickey John came round

with his old-fashioned record player.

Lisa had fun turning the handle and watching the records spin round.

And we had a bit of a bop.

Meanwhile, in the train buffet car, Raymond was having trouble

with his new tea and coffee machine. He remembered what I said,

"Sometimes the old ways are better than new, fangle-dangled ways."

Mmm! I hope you enjoyed yourself?

Me too.

Bye-bye, honey pie!

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me

# Come on and get on down to the city

# Where the ferryboat sails are blue

# Time to call on Granny Murray

# She'd love to say goodbye to you... #