[00:14.90]A stranger lying on a bar room floor
[00:17.95]Had drank so much he could drink no more
[00:20.69]
[00:21.27]So he fell asleep with a troubled brain
[00:24.15]To dream that he rode on that down bound train
[00:30.74]
[00:32.26]The engine with blood was sweaty and damp
[00:35.30]And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp
[00:38.68]And imps for fuel were shovelling bones
[00:41.65]While the furnace rang with a thousand groans
[00:48.98]
[00:49.92]The boiler was filled with lager beer
[00:52.89]The devil himself was the engineer
[00:55.50]
[00:56.29]The passengers were most a motley crew
[00:59.25]Some were foreigners and others he knew
[01:02.50]Rich men in broadcloth  beggars in rags
[01:05.56]Handsome young ladies and wicked old hags
[01:08.40]
[01:28.66]As the train rushed on at a terrible pace
[01:32.21]Sulphuric fumes scorched their hands and face
[01:35.34]Wider and wider the country grew
[01:38.55]Faster and faster the engine flew
[01:41.77]Louder and louder the thunder crashed
[01:45.06]Brighter and brighter the lighting flashed
[01:47.93]
[01:48.47]Hotter and hotter the air became
[01:51.45]Till their clothes were burned
[01:53.23]And they were screaming with pain
[01:54.68]Then out of the distance there came a yell
[01:57.56]Ha ha said the devil we're nearing home
[02:00.97]
[02:01.77]Oh how the passengers shrieked with pain
[02:04.11]
[02:04.69]And begged old Satan to stop that train
[02:11.81]
[02:12.66]The stranger awoke with an anguished cry
[02:15.76]His clothes wet with sweat and his hair standing high
[02:19.08]He fell on his knees on the bar room floor
[02:22.26]And prayed a prayer like never before
[02:28.69]
[02:33.39]And the prayers and vows were not in vain
[02:37.66]
[02:38.21]For he never rode that down bound train