The Runaway Train

The Runaway Train - Mary Carpenter

T'was in the year of '89

On that old Great Western line

When the winter wind was blowin' shrill

The rails were froze

The winds were cold

Then the air brakes wouldn't hold

And Number 9 came

Roaring down the hill

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 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 turn white

And she blew blew blew blew blew

A duck is standing in the way and she blew

A duck is standing in the way and she blew

A duck is standing in the way and

All the found is just his brige

And she blew blew blew blew blew

The conductor said there'd be a wreck and she blew

The conductor said there'd be a wreck and she blew

The conductor said there'd be a wreck and

He felt the chills run down 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