The Runaway Train

'Twas in the year of '89
On that old great Western line
When the winter wind was blowing shrill
The rails were froze, the wheels were cold
Man, the airbrakes wouldn't hold
Number 9 came roaring down the hill

The runaway train came down the track
And she blew, whoo, whoo
The runaway train came down the track
And she blew, whoo, whoo
The runaway train came down the track
Her whistle wide and her front and back
And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew, whoo, whoo

The engineer said the train was hot
And she blew, whoo, whoo
The engineer said the train was hot
And she blew, whoo, whoo
The engineer said the train was hot
Said it was all the fireman's fault
And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew, whoo, whoo

The porter got an awful fright
And she blew, whoo, whoo
The porter got an awful fright
And she blew, whoo, whoo
The porter got an awful fright
He got so scared, he near turned white
And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew, whoo, whoo

A doggie was standing in the way
And she blew, whoo, whoo
A doggie was standing in the way
And she blew, whoo, whoo
A doggie was standing in the way
And all they found was just his brain
And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew, whoo, whoo

The conductor said there'd be a wreck
And she blew, whoo, whoo
The conductor said there'd be a wreck
And she blew, whoo, whoo
The conductor said there'd be a wreck
And he felt the chills run up his neck
And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew whoo, whoo

Whoa, the runaway train went over the hill
And she blew whoo, whoo
The runaway train went over the hill
And she blew whoo, whoo
The runaway train went over the hill
And the last we heard she was going still
And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew whoo, whoo