Lyrics to FOLLOW THE RIVER have already been posted in another thread—click the link.

You can see the scene containing this song on YouTube:


YOU CAN'T GET FAR WITHOUT A RAILROAD
Words, Ned Washington; music, Dimitri Tiomkin.
Performed by James Stewart in the film "Night Passage," 1957.

I was farmin' in Missouri. I was gettin' tired o' that,
So I bought myself a satchel and a stovepipe hat
And I headed for the station, gonna travel all about,
But there wasn't any station and I soon found out

That you can't get far without a railroad.
You can't get far without a railroad.
Something's gotta take you there and gotta bring you back.
Oh, you can't go any distance in a ––(?).

You can't get far without a railroad.
You can't get far without a railroad.
You gotta have an engine and you gotta have a track.
Oh, you can't get far without a railroad.