John Denver On The Atchison Topeka And The Sante Fe Lyrics

On The Atchison Topeka And The Sante Fe Lyrics

This song was first released on the All Aboard! album. It is the only album it
has been released on.

Do you hear that whistle down the line
I figure
that its Engine Number 49
Shes the only one thatll sound that way
On the
Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

See the old smoke rising round the
bend
I reckon that she knows shes gonna meet a friend
Folks around these
parts set the time of day
From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa
Fe

Here she comes whoo oo oo oo
Hey Jim, you better get the rig whoo
oo oo oo
Shes got a list of passengers thats pretty big

And theyll
all want a lift to Browns Hotel
Cause lots of them been traveling for quite
a spell
All the way from Philadel phi a
On the Atchison, Topeka and the
Santa Fe

All Aboard! All Aboard!

Let her rip, let her rip, Mr.
Engineer
Gotta go, gotta go far away from here
While the man at the fire,
shovels in the coals
Stick your head out the cab and watch the drivers
roll
See the towns and the roads go a whizzing by
Fare-the-well Laramie
and Rocky Mountain High
Yes sirree, here we are, going all the way
Mustnt
quit till we hit Califor ni a

See the old smoke rising round the
bend
I reckon that she knows shes gonna meet a friend
Folks around these
parts set the time of day
From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa
Fe

Words and music by Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren