Baggage Coach Ahead chords by Dick nolan
Verse 1
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On a
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dark stormy night,
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as a train rolled along,
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the passengers had gone to bed.
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Except one young man,
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with a babe in his arms,
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sat there with bowed down head.
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The innocent one began crying,
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as though its poor heart would break.
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One angry man said,
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make that child stop its noise,
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it's keeping us all awake.
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Put it out, said another,
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don't keep it in here,
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we paid for our birth and want rest.
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But never a word said
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the man with the child
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As he fondled it close to his breast
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Oh, where is its mother,
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oh, take it to her
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A lady then softly said
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I wish that I could,
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was the man's sad reply
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But she's dead in the coach ahead
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While the train rolled onward,
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a husband sat in tears
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Thinkin' of the happiness,
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just a few short years
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Baby's face brings pictures
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of a cherished hope that's dead
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But baby's cries can't waken her
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In the baggage called Jaheir
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Every eye filled with tears
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when his story he told
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Of a wife who was faithful and true
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He told how he saved all
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his earnings for years
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To build a little love nest just for two
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How on heaven had sent him
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his sweet little babe,
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Her young happy lives it was blessed.
His heart seemed to break
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when he mentioned her name,
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And in tears tried to tell them the rest.
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Every woman arose to assist
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with the child,
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There were mothers and
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wives on the train.
And seeing the little one
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sleeping in peace
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With no thought of sorrow
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or any thought of pain
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Next morning at the station
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he bid all them goodbye
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God bless you, he softly said
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And each had a story to tell
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in his home
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Of the baggage coach ahead
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While the train rolled onward,
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a husband sat in tears
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Thinking of the happiness
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just a few short years
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Baby's face brings pictures
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of a cherished hope that's dead
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But baby's cries can't waken her
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In the baggage called Cheyenne
Baggage Coach Ahead
Dick Nolan
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