On a Cold Winter's Night



SOURCE: Bob Pfeffer



SOURCE'S SOURCE: Smoky Mtn Ballads (J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers)



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On a cold winter's night, not a star was in sight

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And the north wind kept howlin' down the line

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With his sweetheart so dear stood a brave engineer

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With his orders to pull old Number Nine

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He kissed her goodbye with a tear in her eye

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For the joy in his heart he could not hide

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And the whole world seemed bright when she told him that night

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That tomorrow she'd be his blushing bride



As the train rolled along and the wheels hummed a song

And the black smoke came pouring down the stack

His headlight that gleamed seemed so bright as he dreamed

Of tomorrow when he'd be coming back



Round the corner of the hill his brave heart stood still

A headlight was shining in his face

He whispered a prayer as he threw on the air

For he knew that would be his final race



In the wreck he was found laying there on the ground

And he asked them to raise his weary head

And his breath slowly went; it was a message he sent

To a maiden who thought that she'd be wed



"There's a little white home that I bought for our own

Where I knew we'd be happy bye and bye

Oh I leave it to you for I know you'll be true

Till we meet at the Golden Gates, Goodbye."



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