Oh, the
good old E -A -R -N -H
would get me there on time
Those mighty engines are
rolling down the line
And no boy ever had a railway
quite as fine as mine
Oh, the good old E -A -R -N -H
Now when I was a kid, I used to play
While the train would rock and roll
and swing and sway
And as she pulled us up the grade,
slowin' all the way
This is what the wheels
would have to say
We would sing along
with what they had to say
And they'd sing, no, I can't, no, I can't, no, I can't,
no, I can't, no, I can't, no, I can't again
And they'd sing, no, I can't, no, I can't, no,
I can't, no, I can't, that chain, oh, oh, that chain
Oh, the good old E -A -R -N -H
would get me there on time
Those mining engines rolling down the line
And no boy ever had a railway
quite as fine as mine
The good old E -A -R -N -H
The good old E -A -R -N -H
Now when I was a kid I'd ride a train
That took me up to school and home again
At the end of school aboard that train
and holy joy would reign.
As down the grave
the wheels would keep on saying,
faster down the grave
the wheels would keep on saying.
And they'd say, yes, I can. Yes, I can.
Yes, I can. Yes, I can.
Can , can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, can, yes,
yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, I can.
And they'd say, yes, I can.
Yes, I can . Yes, I can.
Can, can, can, can, can, can,
oh yes I can, oh yes I can
Oh, the good old E -A -R -N -H
will get me there on time
Those mighty engines are
rolling down the line
And no boy ever had a railway
quite as fine as mine
Oh, the good old E -A -R -N -H
The good old E -A -R -N -H
Now somehow it just don't
seem the same
They're using diesel fuel
to pull that train
The old wood burners
sittin' down in the museum
You don't ride them,
you just go there and see
Oh, it's sad to see them standin'
in the museum
The good old E -A -R -N -H
would get me there on time
Those mighty engines
rollin' down the line
And no boy ever had a railway
quite as fine as mine
Oh, the good old E -A -R -N -H
The good old E -A -R -N -H
The good old E -A -R -N -A