Last Train to San Fernando

"Last Train to San Fernando"
Song by Johnny Duncan
Released1957
GenreSkiffle
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Sylvester DeVere
Randolph Padmore
Mighty Dictator

"Last Train to San Fernando" is a Trinidadian calypso song written by Sylvester DeVere, Randolph Padmore, and Mighty Dictator, the latter being a pseudonym for Kenny St. Bernard.

Johnny Duncan, a British-based American musician, recorded a skiffle version (accompanied by the Blue Grass Boys), which was a #2 hit on the UK Singles Chart in 1957. In the U.K., Duncan's recording was released by Columbia Records while in the U.S. it was released as a single by Capitol Records.

Among the other artists who recorded the song were The Duke of Iron in 1952 and Bobby Short in 1957.