I saw your request in the autoharp thread. It seems to me there was a thread on this song within the last few months, but sure couldn't find it in the thread bin. Here's the way I've heard it:


In 19 and 15 I started to roam
Out in the West, no money, no home
I just drifted along with the tide
Until I landed on the Great Divide

CHORUS: Railroadin' on that Great Divide
Nothin' around me but the Rockies and the sky
There you'll find me as the years roll by
Railroadin' on that Great Divide

As I look Westward across green fields
Number nine's comin', the fastest on wheels
Through old Laramie she glides with pride
And rolls on across that Great Divide. CHORUS

Ask any old-timer from here to Cheyenne
Railroadin' in Montana (or Wyoming) is the best in the land
Them long steel rails and them short cross ties
I landed on that Great Divide. CHORUS