The Little Engine That Could

The Little Engine That Could - Burl Ives (伯尔·艾夫斯)

There was a little railroad train

With loads and loads of toys

All starting out to find a home

With little girls and boys

And as that little railroad train

Began to chug along

The little engine up in front was

Heard to sing this song

Choo choo choo choo choo choo choo choo

I feel so good today

Oh clear the track oh clickety clack

I'll go my merry way

The little train went roaring on so fast

It seemed to fly

Until it reached a mountain rising almost to the sky

The little engine moaned

And groaned and huffed and puffed away

But halfway to the top it just

Gave up and seemed to say

I can't go on I can't go on I'm weary as can be

I can't go on I can't go on this job is not for me

The toys got out to push but all in vain alas alack

And then a great big engine

Came a whistling down the track

They asked if it would kindly

Pull them up the mountain side

But with a high and mighty sneer it scornfully replied

Don't bother me don't bother me

To pull the likes of you

Don't bother me don't bother me

I've better things to do

The toys all started crying cause

That engine was so mean

And then there came another one

The smallest ever seen

But though it seemed that

She could hardly pull herself along

She hitched on to the train

And as she pulled she sang this song

I think I can I think I can I think I have a plan

And I can do 'most anything if I only think I can

Then up that great big mountain

With the cars all full of toys

And soon they reached the waiting arms of

Happy girls and boy

And though that ends the story

It will do you lots of good

To take a lesson from the little engine that could

Just think you can just think you can

Just have that understood

And very soon youll start to say

I always knew I could

I knew I could I knew I could I knew I could

I knew I could I knew I could

I knew I could I knew I could