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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.
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