The Elephant Riders

[00:22.01] I'll keep pulling on the towpath.

[00:24.55] You keep floating on the river.

[00:27.66] Yeah, until the day is done.

[00:32.18] Keep on keeping on the low road,

[00:35.01] Chesapeake and Ohio.

[00:37.84] Because on the higher ground you will find

[00:42.92] Elephant Riders to the northwest bring news from father.

[01:00.45] Looking like it's always closing,

[01:02.99] The Salty Dog is always open.

[01:06.38] Here, I got an I.O.U.

[01:10.90] Clickity clack clack, clickity clack clack,

[01:13.45] Baltimore and Ohio,

[01:16.28] Clickity clack clack, clickity clack clack,

[01:18.82] Roll on, roll on.

[01:21.37] On our way to Washington where work is done by men with gavels,

[01:27.02] I heard a sound that just about removed me from my filly's saddle.

[01:33.24] Just outside of Antietam, where once there was a mighty battle,

[01:39.18] I heard the rhythm of the hammers beating the rail lines together.

[01:44.83] --

[01:48.22] Elephant Riders to the northwest bring news of battle.

[02:06.05] --

[02:23.57] Don't be eating all the hard tack.

[02:25.83] Between we two there's half a small sack.

[02:29.22] Still, we got miles to.

[02:33.75] Giddy up pony, Giddy up pony,

[02:36.57] Camptown Race is five miles long.

[02:39.12] Giddy up pony, Giddy up pony,

[02:41.66] Ride on, ride on.

[02:44.49] On our way to Washington where work is done by men with gavels,

[02:50.14] I heard a sound that just about removed me from my filly's saddle.

[02:56.36] Just outside of Antietam, where once there was a mighty battle,

[03:02.02] I heard the rhythm of the hammers beating the rail lines together.

[03:07.91] --

[03:11.02] Elephant Riders to the northwest bring news from father.

[03:28.55] Elephant Riders to the northwest bring news of battle.