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Thomas and James are Racing, also known as Racing to the Wharf, is a song from The Great Discovery, about Thomas and James racing to the Wharf.

Lyrics

Thomas and James are racing
Racing to the Wharf.
Everyone likes to be the first
Not second, third or fourth!
Pistons pumping wildly
Boilers fit to burst.
There's something really special
For the engine who comes first.
Steaming through the countryside
Imagine their elation.
Speeding past the platforms
They're not stopping at the station.
Racing under bridges
And then rattling round the bends.
A very special prize
Awaits the winner when it ends.
Thomas and James are racing
Racing to the Wharf.
Everyone likes to be the first
Not second, third or fourth!
Pistons pumping wildly
Boilers fit to burst.
There's something really special
For the engine who comes first.
Children on the bridges
Waving as they both rush by.
Go so fast, if trains had wings
You'd think they'd start to fly.
Wheeshing and then whooshing
Oh but what's this up ahead?
It can't be true, they'll have to stop.
The signal's turned to red!
Come on, come on, I'll win this race.
I'll take a rest then set the pace.
He's out of puff, he's out of steam.
Hurray, hurray, the signal's green!
Thomas and James are racing
Racing to the Wharf.
Everyone likes to be the first
Not second, third or fourth!
Pistons pumping wildly
Boilers fit to burst.
There's something really special
For the engine who comes first.
Steaming through the countryside
Imagine their elation.
Speeding past the platforms
They're not stopping at the station.
Racing under bridges
And then rattling round the bends.
A very special prize
Awaits the winner when it ends.
Thomas and James are racing
Racing to the Wharf.
Everyone likes to be the first
Not second, third or fourth!
Pistons pumping wildly
Boilers fit to burst.
There's something really special
For the engine who comes first.
Thomas and James are racing
Racing to the Wharf.
Everyone likes to be the first
Not second, third or fourth!
Pistons pumping wildly
Boilers fit to burst.
There's something really special
For the engine who comes first.
There's something really special
For the engine who comes first.

Characters

Locations

Footage Used

Trivia

  • On the UK DVD, this song is called Racing to the Wharf.
  • An extended version of the song appears in the album Meet the Steam Team.
  • This music video features the least amount of characters to date, with four in total.
  • This song was never dubbed in Czech, Russian, Indonesian, Chinese Mandarin, Taiwanese Mandarin and Cantonese.
  • In the Russian version of The Great Discovery, it plays the instrumental version.
  • This is the first special song that was dubbed in Korean.

Goofs

  • During the song, the singers sing "Not second, third, or fourth!" However, there is no third or fourth, as there are only two engines in the race.
  • The official sing-along lyrics did not put a question mark at the end of the question "Oh but what's this up ahead".
  • The official sing-along lyrics did not put a second comma at the end of the second "Hurray", from "Hurray, hurray the signal's green!".

Deleted Scenes

  • Edward and the Mail - Both signals turned green.

In Other Languages

Language Title
Brazilian Portuguese Thomas e James estão correndo
Danish Thomas og James de raeser
Dutch Thomas en James gaan racen
Finnish Tuomas kanssa Jaskan pilvan puksuttaa
French Thomas et James sont en course
German Thomas und James sie rasen
Hungarian Versenyt fut két mozdony
Italian Corro Corro Corro
Japanese みなとにいこう
Korean 신나게 달려요
Latin American Spanish Thomas y James corren
Norwegian Thomas og James kappkjører
Polish Wyścig Tomka i Kuby
Swedish Thomas, James dom tävlar

Albums

Music Video


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