The Runaway Train - The Tiny Boppers

T’was in the year of '89 on that old Chicago line

When the winter wind was blowin' shrill

The rails were froze, the wheels were cold, then the air brakes wouldn’t hold

And Number 9 came roaring down the hill -- oh!

The runaway train came down the track and she blew

The runaway train came down the track and she blew

The runaway train came down the track, her whistle wide and her throttle back

And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew

The engineer said the train must halt and she blew

The engineer said the train must halt and she blew

The engineer said the train must halt -- he said it was all the fireman’s fault

And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew

The fireman said he rang the bell and she blew

The fireman said he rang the bell and she blew

The fireman said he rang the bell -- the engineer said «You did like h***!»

And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew

The porter got an awful fright and she blew

The porter got an awful fright and she blew

The porter got an awful fright -- he got so scared he near turned white

And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew

The conductor said there’d be a wreck and she blew

The conductor said there’d be a wreck and she blew

The conductor said there’d be a wreck and he felt the chills run up his neck

And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew

The runaway train went over the hill and she blew

The runaway train went over the hill and she blew

The runaway train went over the hill and the last we heard she was going still

And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew