Thomas and James Are Racing, also known as Racing to the Wharf, is the first song heard in the special, The Great Discovery.
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
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
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Title
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Brazilian Portuguese
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Thomas e James estão correndo
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Danish
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Thomas og James de raeser
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Dutch
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Thomas en James gaan racen
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Finnish
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Tuomas kanssa Jaskan pilvan puksuttaa
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French
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Thomas et James sont en course
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German
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Thomas und James sie rasen
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Hungarian
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Versenyt fut két mozdony
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Italian
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Corro Corro Corro
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Japanese
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みなとにいこう
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Korean
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신나게 달려요
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Latin American Spanish
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Thomas y James corren
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Norwegian
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Thomas og James kappkjører
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Polish
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Wyścig Tomka i Kuby
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Swedish
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Thomas, James dom tävlar
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Albums
Music Video
Thomas and James Are Racing - HD
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Series 3
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Thomas' Anthem
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Series 4
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Gone Fishing | Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover | Really Useful Engine | The Island Song | Let's Have a Race | Toby
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Series 5
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Night Train | Percy's Seaside Trip | Come for the Ride | Harold the Helicopter | Donald's Duck | Sir Topham Hatt | Accidents Will Happen | Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining | It's Great to Be an Engine | The Snow Song
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Thomas and the Magic Railroad
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Shining Time | I Know How the Moon Must Feel | The Locomotion | Some Things Never Leave You | Summer Sunday | The Whistling Song | Girl in Green
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Series 6
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Boo! Boo! Choo-Choo | Little Engines | Never, Never, Never Give Up | James the Really Splendid Engine | Winter Wonderland | Down by the Docks
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Series 7
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Five New Engines in the Shed | Troublesome Trucks | The Red Balloon | Salty | The Whistle Song | There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away
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Series 8
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Sounds | Engine Roll Call | A World Around You | Emily | Surprises | Determination | Patience | Ode to Gordon
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Calling All Engines!
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Busy | Trying to Do Things Better | Together | The Dream Song
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Series 9
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Brave | Day and Night | Party Time | Pride | Every Day's a Special Day on Sodor | Buffer Up and Share | Togetherness
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Jack and the Pack
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The Work Song | One Friendly Family
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Series 10
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Doing It Right | Favourite Place | H Is for Harold | Navigation | There's Always Something New | Responsibility | Strength
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Series 11
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The Narrow Gauge Engines
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The Great Discovery
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Thomas and James are Racing | There's a Job for Everyone | Where, oh Where Is Thomas? | Thomas, You're the Leader
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Hero of the Rails
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Go, Go Thomas
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Series 13
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Roll Along
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Misty Island Rescue
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Misty Island Rescue
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Series 14
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All You Need | The Fat Controller
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Day of the Diesels
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Day of the Diesels
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Series 15
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Hear the Engines Coming
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Blue Mountain Mystery
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Working Together | Blue Mountain Mystery
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Series 16
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Thomas and Percy
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King of the Railway
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Searching Everywhere | It's Gonna Be a Great Day
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Series 17
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Hey, Hey Thomas! | On a Journey Today
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Tale of the Brave
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Monsters Everywhere | Tale of the Brave | Let's Be Brave
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Series 18
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It's Christmas Time | The Best Friends Express
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Thomas' YouTube World Tour
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Rules and Regulations | That's What Friends are For
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Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
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Never Overlook a Little Engine | We Make a Team Together
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Series 19
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There's Snow Place Like Home | Let's Go! | Race with You | Spring is Here!
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The Great Race
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Will You Won't You | Streamlining | Full of Surprises | You Can Only Be You | The Shooting Star is Coming Through | Be Who You Are, and Go Far
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Series 20
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Glynn's Christmas Wish | It's Halloween
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Journey Beyond Sodor
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Somebody Has to be the Favourite | Who's Thomas? | The Hottest Place in Town | I Want to Go Home | We Can't Do Anything | The Most Important Thing Is Being Friends
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Series 21
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Set Friendship in Motion
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Big World! Big Adventures!
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Where in the World Is Thomas? | Wake Up | Enda Ulale | We're Friends | Free and Easy | Sometimes You Make a Friend
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Series 22
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Big World! Big Adventures! | The Journey Never Ends | All the Girls Around the World | The Steam Team | Let's Dream
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Series 23
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Legend of the Lost Engine | The Sodor Construction Crew | Don't Stop
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Series 24
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Party Train | How Does it Work? | Fall is So Much Fun | The Little Engine Who Believed | New Year's Day with Thomas
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Nursery Rhymes
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Six Little Trains | Percy! | Tunnels, Bridges, Tracks and Hills | The Wheels on the Train | Chuff, Chuff, Chuff Along | If You're Happy and You Know It | Another Day on Sodor | Old McColl's Farm | Hickory Tickory Tock | Pop Goes the Diesel! | Thomas Found a Little Lamb | Twinkle, Twinkle Sodor Sky | My Name is Thomas | Five Little Railway Friends | Happy Birthday to You
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Miscellaneous
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I'm Thomas the Tank Engine | Thomas' Christmas Song | The Official BBC Children in Need Medley | Kids for Character | Courage | Teamwork | Problem Solving | Responsibility | He's So Brave | Friendship | A Thomas Birthday Wish | A Sodor Summertime | Watch Out, Thomas!
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Series 1
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I'm Gonna Chug | Secret Agents | Chugga-Chugga Snooze Snooze | Knights of the Turntable | I Sure Am Feeling Lucky | A Partner on the Rails | Music is Everywhere | Chasing Rainbows | The Mail Delivery Song | If I Was a Super Train | Get on the Laugh Track | On My Own | Everyone is Afraid a Little | What Brave Engines Do | Between You and Me | Feet, Tailbone, Ribs and Claws | The Number One Engine | What's Awesome About This Place | Blowing Off Steam | A Gift to Remember | Fall Fun | My Rusty Can | Together We Can | He Should Have Given You Back | Celebrate | Song of Sodor
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Race for the Sodor Cup
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When I Go Fast | The Training Song | Look It's Us
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Series 2
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You Can't Stop Me! | Fast to Go Slow | Welcome to Sodor | A Mistake is What it Takes | This Was Unexpected | Stuck in the Mud at Night | Christmas Spirit | Good as New | Plow to Have Fun on the Job | Feel the Hush | The World Has a Mind of its Own | What's Really Real | What I Can Do and What I Can't | Peep Peep, We're Counting Sheep | How to Solve a Mystery | Sandy's Strength | The Sodor Shanty | When You Go to Sea | Blues Buddy | Good Sports | Work Together | Friendship Map | Talking Makes it Better | Take a Closer Look | The Waiting Game | The Sights of Sodor
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The Mystery of Lookout Mountain
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Warning: Biggest Adventure Ahead | A Whole New Place | Job to Do
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The Great Bubbly Build
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Focus on the FUNction | Put the Fun in Function
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Series 3
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Worth Doing Right | Abraca-Diesel | Stuff | Instead | I Wish | Make Things Right | Find a New Way | Building Better for Everyone | Slow It on Down | When the Night Comes on | Quackity Quack | Winter Games | The Smells of Sodor
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The Christmas Letter Express
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Christmastime on the Rails | A Christmas Wish | Ho-Ho-Hold on Santa Claus!
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Series 4
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Stay on Track with Yourself | The True You | I'm A-Okay
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Miscellaneous
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Theme Song | Train School Song
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