The Runaway Train

The Runaway Train - Michael Holliday/Val Rosing

T'was in the year of eighty nine on that old chicago line

When the winter wind was blowing shrill

The rails were froze the wheels were cold then the air

Brakes wouldn't hold

And number nine came roaring down the hill oh

The runaway train came down the track and she blew

The runaway train came down the track and she blew

The runaway train came down the track her whistle wide and

Her throttle back

And she blew blew blew blew blew

The engineer said the train must halt and she blew

The engineer said the train must halt and she blew

The engineer said the train must halt he said it was all

The fireman's fault

And she blew blew blew blew blew

The fireman said he rang the bell and she blew

The fireman said he rang the bell and she blew

The fireman said he rang the bell the engineer said you

Did like hell

And she blew blew blew blew blew

The porter got an awful fright and she blew

The porter got an awful fright and she blew

The porter got an awful fright he got so scared he near

Turned white

And she blew blew blew blew blew

The donkey decide bell recontion and she blew

The donkey decide bell recontion and she blew

The donkey decide bell recontion and felt the chills run up his neck

And she blew blew blew blew blew

The runaway train went over the hill and she blew

The runaway train went over the hill and she blew

The runaway train went over the hill and the last we heard she was going still

And she blew blew blew blew blew