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Thread #63349   Message #1027660
Posted By: GUEST,Peter J. Gossett
01-Oct-03 - 09:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Steam That Blows the Whistle
Subject: Lyr Req: The Steam That Blows the Whistle
Know a little about trains? Can you help me transcribe words to this song? It's a song sung by the Buchanan Brothers and the Georgia Catamounts called The Steam That Blows the Whistle (Never Turns the Wheel) written by Dick Sanford/James Cavanaugh/Sammy Mysels.

I have a snippet of the song containing the help I need at this link: http://www.geocities.com/buchananbrothers/steam.wav (if it does not open, I'll have it there shortly).

I have a start but a bunch of blanks:

Oh our pappy was an engineer
So many years ago
But it was in the bushes
That he taught us what we know

The steam that blows the whistle never turns the wheel
To drive that mighty engine along that golden ____
From ____ Californy from Memphis to Mobile
The steam that blows the whistle never turns the wheel
Takes ___ ton of coal and water to get that train to go
Only take a ____ little limb pull? to get make whistle blow

Oh the steam that blows the whistle never turns the wheel
To crush? that weight and ____ and ____ two ____
To spend that heavy gyro and keep that ____ _____
The steam that blows the whistle never turns the wheel
Takes a ton of coal and water to get that train to go
Only take a ____ little limble pull? to get make whistle blow

Oh the steam that blows the whistle never turns the wheel
To drive that mighty engine along that golden ____
From ____ Californy from Memphis to Mobile
The steam that blows the whistle never turns the wheel
Takes ___ ton of coal and water to get that train to go
Only take a ____ little limb pull? to get make whistle blow