The rusty old ten-wheeler
Comes rolling down the track
The rusty old ten-wheeler
Her wheels go clicketty-clack
She pulls a load of passengers
She hauls the U. S. Mail
The rusty old ten-wheeler
Oh hear her whistle wail.
The rusty old ten-wheeler
Her boiler has some leaks
The rusty old ten-wheeler
Her rods are full of squeaks
Her drive wheels are flat-spotted
From locking up the brakes
The rusty old ten-wheeler
She gives her crew the shakes.
From Madison Wisconsin
To Portage in the North
To meet the Hiawatha
This train is setting forth
The trainmen board the passengers
The conductor waves high ball
The hogger pulls the throttle
And the train begins to crawl.
The rusty old ten-wheeler
She's puffing through her stack
The rusty old ten-wheeler
She's a rolling pile of scrap
She's the slowpoke of the branch line
Her steam is always slack
The rusty old ten-wheeler
Rolls slowly down the track.
The rusty old ten-wheeler
She's rolling down the rail
The rusty old ten-wheeler
Her boiler's filled with scale
The scale plugs up her water glass
Her crown sheet's running dry
The rusty old ten-wheeler
She blows up to the sky.
The rusty old ten-wheeler
She's lying on the ground
The rusty old ten-wheeler
Her parts are scattered 'round
Her hogger's in a snowbank
Her fireman has died
The rusty old ten-wheeler
Has made her final ride.
(I can't guarantee the originality of the tune I came up with, so use at your own risk)
So-so so so la so so-o mi
So-so so mi fa me re-e-e
Fa-fa fa fa fa fa so-o mi
So-o so so so fa re-e-e
So mi so so so la-a so
So so mi fa mi re-e-e
Re-mi fa fa fa fa so-o mi
Mi re fa mi re do-o-o