Hank Snow Ghost Trains Lyrics

Ghost Trains Lyrics

It was early in the fall and a-blowin' up a squall

From the trestle you
could hear the weirdest moans

With a mighty lonesome cry came a whistle
from the sky

And it chilled the very marrow in my bones

Then a
loud, rushing roar, like you never heard before

Turned the blood to icy
water in my veins

As I watched with rising fear, something strange was
drawing near

And I saw in the clouds ghost trains



Ghost
trains, ghost trains, what a fearful sight

The Cannonball and Number Nine
were racing thru the night

Just as they passed me by, I heard the engineer
cry

Give her coal, give her coal, shovel it on

You could see the
fireman grinnin', in the engine that was winnin'

But I knew before the
finish they'd be gone

But he knew before the finish they'd be gone



You could see the driver's roll as they shoveled on the coal

And
the black smoke came pouring from the stacks

As they thundered thru the
sky, I am here to testify

You could hear the wheels a-clickin' on the
tracks

Thru the smoke and the steam, you could see the headlights
gleam

Now I have no proof, but still the fact remains

You may doubt
it, but I swear, there were cinders in my hair

When I saw in the clouds
ghost trains 



Ghost trains, ghost trains, what a fearful sight

The Cannonball and Number Nine were racing thru the night

Just as they
passed me by, I heard the engineer cry

Give her coal, give her coal,
shovel it on

You could see the fireman grinnin', in the engine that was
winnin'

As I watched I saw them fade into the dawn

As he watched he
saw them fade into the dawn