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Thread #4737   Message #4057795
Posted By: GUEST,Dave Orleans
06-Jun-20 - 11:42 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Tune Add: Railroading on the Great Divide
Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Add: Railroading on the Great Divide
I've been singing this song for years, but I heard two new verses this week that I've never heard before, and can't find anywhere on the internet. They wer sung as a first and last verse.

FirstL
She's commerce, she's romance, she's a wonder to me
The Iron Horse travels from mountain to sea
The rails sing a song the whole < country wide
They beckoned me on and I had to ride.   (So in 19 and 16 - start of 1st verse)

Last:
I had me a sweetheart in old Laramie
Sweet as the candy, a wildflower was she
But life with the engines, it called me away
I'm back in the mountains and here I will stay.

Do they ring abell with anyone?    -Dave