It was on a sunny day in mid July When a runaway train came tumbling down the line And it happened very near to where we are So we thought we'd take a trip there in the car Next Sunday Mama packed a picnic tea And we went to see what we could see And the people came from miles around To gather souvenirs they found And just before it got too dark Father took a photograph And we all agreed that it had been The most exciting trip we'd seen In the heavy rains a river overflowed Burst its banks and drove the people from their homes This occurred not very far from where we are So we thought we'd take a trip there in the car Next Sunday Mama packed a picnic tea And we went to see what we could see And the people came from miles to stare At the water, water everywhere And we watched it from a little hill Then my sister went and took a chill But we all agreed it had been The most exciting thing we'd seen Not so very long ago one foggy night A motorcar turned left instead of right And the wreckage in a thousand pieces lay And there’s hardly any need for me to say Next Sunday Mama packed a picnic tea And we went to see what we could see But we never reached our destiny Cause we left the road at 93 But the people came from miles around And little of us could be found But they all agreed that it had been The most exciting thing they'd seen La, la, la la, la, la La, la, la la, la, la