Alvin and the Chipmunks Sing Along Songs: Workin' on the Railroad (1994 VHS)

Intro: Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks
The following clips are used in this song:


 * The Alvin Show intro
 * I Wish I Could Speak French
 * Whistle While You Work
 * Squares
 * Bumper: Dolly In
 * Good Neighbor
 * Alvin's Cruise
 * Bumper: Doors

Song 1: "Down in the Valley"
Dave and the Chipmunks have been invited to a community center to sing the song, "Down in the Valley" on national television. They even put out sing-along lyrics at the bottom of the screen for viewers who don't know the song. The performance goes smoothly, until at the end, when the Chipmunks all start singing at once, with a bunch of words appearing spontaneously, much to Dave's shock.

Song 2: "Whistle While You Work"
Dave is annoyed that the Chipmunks have made a huge mess in the backyard, and orders them to clean it up. The Chipmunks tell Dave that they don't want to clean it up, as it sounds like a lot of work, but Dave convinces the Chipmunks that singing, or humming, or even whistling can make the job fun. After Dave leaves, the Chipmunks perform a jazzy variation of the song "Whistle While You Work", but they don't get the job done, and the yard is still a mess. When Dave returns, he is angry that the Chipmunks haven't been doing their jobs. Dave warns the Chipmunks that if the yard isn't clean when he returns from mailing a letter, they will be grounded. So when Dave leaves, the Chipmunks decide to clean up the yard by throwing all their things in the garage. When Dave returns, he becomes proud with the Chipmunks, thinking they did their job, until he finds out that they moved the mess to the garage, leading Dave to furiously scream Alvin's name.

Song 3: "Home on the Range"
One night, Dave and the Chipmunks are out camping on the prairie. Dave, playing a guitar, expresses his joy of nature and the great outdoors, but as for Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, they are hungry and scared. So Dave decides to lift their spirits up by having them sing "Home on the Range", but Alvin purposely switches the word "antelope" in the song for "cantaloupe", because he is hungry, much to Dave's annoyance. Eventually, the Chipmunks decide to leave in search for a cantaloupe; Dave pursues the Chipmunks while he points out how different a cantaloupe and an antelope are, but ends up confusing himself on the way.

Song 4: "The Band Played On"
Dave and the Chipmunks are giving a performance of "The Band Played On" at the theater. But however, Alvin thought it was a good idea to make the band perform on the stage instead of down in the pit. Dave gets constantly annoyed with the band, from them interrupting his singing, to picking him up when the Chipmunks switch the song's style to zydeco, with a brief touch of rhumba.

Song 5: "I Wish I Had A Horse"
One night, when Dave enters the Chipmunks' bedroom, he notices they are standing by a window, holding a few lucky charms out. When Dave asks them about it, the Chipmunks explain to him that they wish to have a horse for a pet and how good they would take care of him, but Dave refuses. Despite this, the Chipmunks still dream of having a horse, even pretending that one is actually in the room with them. Soon after, Dave hears some neighing outside, indicating that maybe the Chipmunks' wishing has come true.

Song 6: "On Top of Old Smokey"
Dave is planning to go out courting, but it snows (Alvin pulling a rope that drops snow). Back inside, Dave sits in his rocking chair next to the heater and cat and asks Alvin to play his harmonica and for Simon and Theodore to sing to cheer him up. The boys stop and Alvin informs Dave the snow's gone so he can go courting again. Snow's dropped on him again before he can leave. Soon after, Effy Lu comes up the mountain and is covered in snow. She returns to cover them in snow.

Song 7: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
One night, at a theater, Dave and the Chipmunks are getting ready to perform the song "Row, Row, Row Your Boat", in which they pretend to row a prop boat while wearing naval suits. However, Alvin is nowhere in sight, much to Dave's annoyance, as well as the theater manager's. As it turns out, Alvin wants to sit in the audience and watch the performance, rather than partake in it. Dave takes Alvin back to the stage, but when a cardboard fog cloud shows up, Alvin disappears in the audience again, but this time, Simon and Theodore have joined him. The theater manager starts to get impatient by the second, signifying that Alvin has ruined Dave and the Chipmunks' careers, as Dave angrily points out to him. Soon after, when Dave and the Chipmunks return to the stage, Dave ends up sinking behind the cardboard water prop. However, the whole thing turned out to be a nightmare Dave was having.

Song 8: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
One night, the Chipmunks give a performance of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" at a barn. For the performance, Theodore works backstage where he has some difficultly operating some of the ropes causing Dave, who is playing an angel, and Alvin, who gets stuck on a flying chariot, to be flung around over the stage. As the show wraps up, they discover the skunk in their chariot and they take off running.

Song 9: "Working on the Railroad"
Dave and the Chipmunks ride on a handcar until they stop to drive some railroad spikes into the ground. As they work, Simon and Alvin smash Dave's foot with sledgehammers with Theodore coming close. Later while singing on the handcar, the boys leave Dave behind. Dave pursues but they all quickly turn around when a train comes speeding towards them. The scene ends unexpectedly with the director calling cut, because the crew forgot to put film in the camera.

Song 10: "Sing a Goofy Song"
When Dave and the Chipmunks are out grocery shopping, they hear one of their records play, and decide to sing along to it. During their song, Alvin and the Chipmunks cause crazy stunts and shenanigans in the store, leading the cantankerous store clerk to bag them and Dave up in shopping bags, put them in a shopping cart, and send them rolling out and into the parking lot. Not too long after, Dave compliments himself for his performance in the song, but this makes the Chipmunks think he's upstaging them, leading to an argument.

Ending
Alvin: "Bye-bye, my friends, you've all been so kind. If you want to see more, just hit rewind."

Credits
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