Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"M.T.A.\", often called \"The MTA Song\", is a 1949 song by Jacqueline Steiner and Bess Lomax Hawes. Known informally as \"Charlie on the MTA\", the song's lyrics tell an absurd tale of a man named Charlie trapped on Boston's subway system, until 1964 known as the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). The song was originally recorded as a mayoral campaign song for Progressive Party candidate Walter A. O'Brien. A version of the song with the candidate's name changed became a 1959 hit when recorded and released by the Kingston Trio, an American folk singing group.The song has become so entrenched in Boston lore that the Boston-area transit authority named its electronic card-based fare collection system the \"CharlieCard\" as a tribute to this song. The transit organization, now called the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), held a dedication ceremony for the card system in 2004 which featured a performance of the song by the Kingston Trio and then-governor Mitt Romney."@en }
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- M.T.A._(song) abstract "\"M.T.A.\", often called \"The MTA Song\", is a 1949 song by Jacqueline Steiner and Bess Lomax Hawes. Known informally as \"Charlie on the MTA\", the song's lyrics tell an absurd tale of a man named Charlie trapped on Boston's subway system, until 1964 known as the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). The song was originally recorded as a mayoral campaign song for Progressive Party candidate Walter A. O'Brien. A version of the song with the candidate's name changed became a 1959 hit when recorded and released by the Kingston Trio, an American folk singing group.The song has become so entrenched in Boston lore that the Boston-area transit authority named its electronic card-based fare collection system the \"CharlieCard\" as a tribute to this song. The transit organization, now called the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), held a dedication ceremony for the card system in 2004 which featured a performance of the song by the Kingston Trio and then-governor Mitt Romney.".