The
Ballad of Big Thunder Mountain
- At Big Thunder
Mountain station there’s a frighten
trembling man,
- His body’s
weak and feeble and his skin has left his hand,
- When I asked him
for a ticket, he turned and shook his head,
- He grabbed my by
the shoulder and this is what he said:
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- "Before you
get on board this train there’s something
you should know,
- When I finish with
this tale you might not want to go."
- I listened with
amazement at what he said was true,
- And now my friend
the time has come to tell this tale to you.
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- Hear the legend,
of Thunder Mountain,
- Victory come and
tries to stay away,
- From Big Thunder,
Mountain railroad,
- Thunder Mountain
Railroad ran away!
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- He said as legend
has it on one foggy night in June,
- The train and crew
pulled out as well beneath the darken moon,
- With a boiler full
of water and a tender full of coal,
- The whistle
screamed a warning as the wheels began to roll.
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- Then like a
bucking bronco with a cougar on it’s back,
- The train began to
run away on miles and miles of track,
- What happened to
the crew that night no one has ever learned,
- The train pulled
in all by itself, the men did not return.
-
- Hear the legend,
of Thunder Mountain,
- Victory come and
tries to stay away,
- From Big Thunder,
Mountain railroad,
- Thunder Mountain
Railroad ran away!
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- The history of Big
Thunder, continues to unfold,
- The stories of its
danger continue to be told,
- Of avalanche and
rattle snakes and earthquakes in the night,
- And voices of that
phantom crew that chill your blood with fright.
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- So please forgive
me mister if I’m standing in your way,
- But before you buy
your ticket, there’s one thing I have to
say:
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- Hear the legend,
of Thunder Mountain,
- Victory come and
tries to stay away,
- From Big Thunder,
Mountain railroad,
- Thunder Mountain
Railroad ran away!
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