Streamlined cannonball

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Wow … wow … wow ..wow
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That’s the whistle you love
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As she travels through the night

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A long steel rail a short cross tie
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I’m on my way back home
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The train I ride is the queen of them all
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That streamlined cannonball

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I can see the smile of the engineer
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Although he’s old and gray
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Contented heart he waits for his call
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On the streamlined cannonball

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She moves along like a cannonball
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Like a star in its heavenly flight
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It’s the lonesome sound of the whistle you love
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As she travels through the night

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Her headlights gleam out in the night
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The firebox flash you see
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It’s the blonde I like and the wife that I Iove
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It’s home sweet home to me

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Wow … wow … wow
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That’s the whistle you love
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As she travels through the night