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Thread #5588   Message #4169348
Posted By: GUEST,D. Kingsley Hahn
06-Apr-23 - 12:47 AM
Thread Name: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
Subject: RE: Req: Comin' Round the Mountain doin' 90 MPH
And then there's the "Wreck Of The Old 49," written by Shel Silverstein:


"Well, I'll sing you a song 'bout the old Forty Nine --
The fastest engine on the Santa Fe line!
On the 14th of April, she made a desp'rate dash,
And she got there on time -- and she did not crash!"