Key: C major•
Verse 1
Had drank so much he
could drink no more
And so he fell asleep with
a troubled brain
To dream that he rode on
Verse 2
that down bound train
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The engine with blood was
sweaty and damp
And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp
And imps for fuel was shovelling bones
While the furnace rang with
Verse 3
a thousand groans
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The boiler was filled with lots of beer
The devil himself was the engineer
The passengers were
most a motley crew
Some were foreigners and others he knew
Verse 4
Handsome young ladies
Verse 5
terrible pace
Sulfuric fumes scorched
their hands and face
Verse 6
Faster and faster the engine flew
Louder and louder the
thunder crashed
Verse 7
Brighter and brighter the lighting flashed
Til' their clothes were burned
with each quivering refrain
Then out of the din there came a yell
Ha ha, said the devil we're nearing home
Verse 8
shrieked with pain
They go to Satan with this
Verse 9
down bound train
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The stranger awoke with an anguished cry
His clothes wet with sweat
and his hair standing high
Verse 10
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He fell on his knees on the bar room floor
And prayed a prayer like never before
And the prayers and vows were not in vain
that down bound train
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