Short Line Rag
[00:23.57] This old train, she a rollin' south
[00:25.15] Chuggin' right along, but you better watch out
[00:27.01] cause the Union and Central pickin' up the pace
[00:31.27] This old train, she a rollin' south
[00:32.86] Chuggin' right along, but you better watch out
[00:34.98] cause the Transcontinental gonna run this old train away
[00:54.17] This old train started haulin'
[00:56.04] nigh around '54
[00:58.16] Wounded souls, hosses, and hope
[00:59.75] climbed aboard
[01:02.40] Firin's stopped, rebuildin's started
[01:03.73] now around '69
[01:05.32] they ain't gon want her 'round no more
[01:09.04] Well now this old train she's a black smoke mama
[01:13.30] Got a fire in her belly
[01:14.89] put up a
[01:15.95] mighty fight
[01:17.01] But they ain't gonna wanna hear this
[01:18.87] short line runnin' lord
[01:20.47] with that lonesome whine
[01:22.06] callin' out all night
[01:40.13] Way out in Promontory Point was a
[01:41.98] heck of a sight
[01:43.31] when the silver hammer drove the golden spike
[01:47.06] Well that old man Crocker he done
[01:49.46] won his bet
[01:50.78] But that poor old train a cryin' a cryin' all night
[01:54.23] Lord cryin' cryin' if I had me a
[01:56.36] longer track
[01:58.76] Could haul em' uphill lord
[02:00.61] forward and back
[02:02.46] Might not be so pretty, but I can
[02:04.32] get the job done
[02:05.65] Gotta find me a trunk line for a longer run.
[02:12.83] Wish I could hook up with that
[02:14.42] Kansas City line
[02:16.28] She runs from way out east lord and she's
[02:18.40] pretty close by
[02:19.73] But that Mo-ssouri River ain't got no bridge
[02:23.72] and they ain't no track over on the other side
[02:27.43] Lord they ain't no track way over on the other side
[02:31.42] Nah sir
[02:54.53] This old train, she's a rollin' south
[02:55.86] Chuggin' right along, but you better watch out
[02:58.26] cause the Central Pacific layin' 10 miles a day
[03:01.70] This old train, she's a rollin' south
[03:03.29] Chuggin' right along, but you better watch out
[03:05.16] cause the Transcontinental gonna run this old train away
[03:08.88] Lord the Transcontinental gonna run this old train away now
[03:13.14] Said the Overland Route gonna take this old train away
