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She was born one mornin' on a San Juan summer |
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Back in eighteen and eighty and one |
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She was a beautiful daughter of the D and R G |
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And she weighed about a thousand ton |
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Well, it's a-forty-five mile through the Animas canyon |
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So they set her on the narra gauge |
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She drank a whole lot a' water |
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And she ate a lot of coal |
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And they called her the Silverton (Silverton train) |
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[Chorus] |
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Here comes the Silverton, up from Durango |
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Here comes the Silverton, a-shovelin' coal |
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Here comes the Silverton, up from the canyon |
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See the smoke and hear the whistle blow |
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Well, now listen to the whistle in the Rock Wood cut |
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On the high line to Silverton town |
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And you're gonna get a shiver |
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When you check out the river |
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Which is four hundred feet straight down |
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Take on some water at the Needleton tank |
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And then a-struggle up a two-five grade |
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And by the time you get your hide |
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Past the Snowshed slide |
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You've had a ride on the Silverton (Silverton train) |
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[Chorus] |
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Here comes the Silverton, up from Durango |
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Here comes the Silverton, a-shovelin' coal |
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Here comes the Silverton, up from the canyon |
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See the smoke and hear the whistle blow |
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[Musical interlude here. Nice violins, and the kettle drums boom well.] |
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[Chorus] |
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Here comes the Silverton, up from Durango |
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Here comes the Silverton, a-shovelin' coal |
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Here comes the Silverton, up from the canyon |
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See the smoke and hear the whistle blow |
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[If the next line seems a bit familiar, you're correct. Chug-chug, toot-toot, off we go.] |
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Now, down by the station, early in the mornin' |
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There's a whole lot a' people in line |
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And they all got a ticket |
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On The Train To Yesterday |
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And it's a-gonna leave on time |
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Well, it's a forty-five mile up the Animas canyon |
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So they run her on the narra gauge |
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She takes a whole lot a' water |
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And she needs a lot of coal |
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And they call her the Silverton (Silverton train) |
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[Chorus] |
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Here comes the Silverton, up from Durango |
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Here comes the Silverton, a-shovelin' coal |
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Here comes the Silverton, up from the canyon |
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See the smoke and hear the whistle blow |
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[Fade out] |
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Here comes the Silverton, up from Durango |
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Here comes the Silverton, a-shovelin' coal |
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Here comes the Silverton, up from the canyon |
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See the smoke and hear the whistle blow |
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Here comes the Silverton, up from Durango |
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Here comes the Silverton, a-shovelin' coal |
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Here comes the Silverton, up from the canyon |
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See the smoke and hear the whistle blow |
