Will You Won't You

Will You Won't You (Take Me To The Railway Show?) is a song featured in The Great Race. The song is sung by the majority of the characters in the special.

Lyrics

 * Duck: It's gonna be special!
 * It's gonna be great!
 * Off to the Mainland without coaches or freight


 * Edward, Norman, Stanley and Duck: Please Sir, I beg you
 * I just have to know
 * Will you won't you take me to the Railway Show?


 * Henry: Take me, Sir
 * I pull the heaviest trains
 * I'm such a mighty engine, Sir
 * It's never a strain


 * (Gordon laughs)


 * Gordon: It's not a tough decision, though I have to confess
 * It's hard to find a better engine for the express


 * Sir Topham Hatt: Mmm, precisely!
 * Gordon: But...I didn't mean not to take me, Sir!


 * Philip: Haha!
 * I know I'm kinda small, Sir
 * But I'm not a beginner
 * I had a race with Gordon once
 * And I was the winner!


 * Gordon: Oh...
 * (Philip yelps)


 * Diesel: You ought to take me, Sir
 * I'm modern and new
 * Your first diesel ever
 * I'm loyal, kind and true


 * Percy, Emily and Sidney: It's gonna be special
 * It's gonna be great
 * Off to the Mainland without coaches or freight
 * Charlie, Scruff and Stafford: Please Sir, I beg you
 * You can't tell me no
 * James: Will you won't you take me to the Railway Show?


 * Flynn and Belle: Fast engines
 * Henry and Daisy: Long engines
 * Bill, Ben, Marion and Timothy: Tough engines
 * Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel and Peter Sam: Strong engines
 * Salty, Porter and Paxton: Everyone who's any engine's eager to go


 * Cranky: I'm not goin' anywhere.


 * Oliver, Bert, Rex and Mike: Will you won't you take us to the Railway Show?


 * Stephen: It's gonna be special
 * It's gonna be great
 * Duck, Donald and Douglas: Leavin' behind all our coaches and freight
 * Please Sir, we're beggin'
 * Ya just can't say no


 * Gordon, James and Diesel: Will you won't you take us to the Railway Show?
 * Henry, Duck, Donald and Douglas: Will you won't you take us to the Railway Show?


 * Thomas: Will you won't you take me to the (wears out) Railway Show...?
 * (Gordon, James and Diesel laugh)

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Duck
 * Donald and Douglas
 * Oliver
 * Bill and Ben
 * Emily
 * Stanley
 * Charlie
 * Scruff
 * Belle
 * Stephen
 * Porter
 * Timothy
 * Diesel
 * Daisy
 * Salty
 * Paxton
 * Norman
 * Sidney
 * Philip
 * Flynn
 * Stafford
 * Marion
 * Skarloey
 * Rheneas
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Bert
 * Rex
 * Mike
 * Cranky
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Winston (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Toad (cameo)
 * Owen (cameo)

UK and AUS

 * John Hasler as Thomas and Rheneas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Salty, Norman, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Bert and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Steven Kynman as Duck, Charlie, Porter, Paxton and Peter Sam
 * Joe Mills as Donald, Douglas and Oliver
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * Rob Rackstraw as Flynn
 * Teresa Gallagher as Belle, Marion and Daisy
 * Tim Whitnall as Timothy and Mike
 * Tom Stourton as Rex
 * Bob Golding as Stephen and Sidney
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Philip
 * Kerry Shale as Scruff and Diesel
 * Matt Wilkinson as Stanley and Cranky
 * Jonathan Broadbent as Bill and Ben

US and CAN

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * William Hope as Edward
 * Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon, Scruff and Diesel
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Stanley and Flynn
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Steven Kynman as Duck, Charlie, Paxton and Peter Sam
 * Joe Mills as Donald, Douglas and Oliver
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * Teresa Gallagher as Belle, Marion and Daisy
 * David Menkin as Porter
 * Keith Wickham as Salty, Norman, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Bert and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Tim Whitnall as Timothy and Mike
 * Tom Stourton as Rex
 * Jonathan Broadbent as Bill and Ben
 * John Hasler as Rheneas
 * Glenn Wrage as Cranky
 * Bob Golding as Stephen and Sidney
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Philip

Trivia

 * Philip references the events of The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead.
 * Diesel mentions that he is the Fat Controller's first diesel engine, which is most likely intended to be a reference to Pop Goes the Diesel.
 * In the US version, when Duck, Stanley, Edward, and Norman sing "Please Sir, I beg you, I just have to know", they sing it one at a time, but in the UK version, they sing it at the same time.
 * This is the only song featured in The Great Race which does not have an alternate version of it.