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Hank Snow
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It was early in the fall and a blowin' up a squall
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From the trestle you could hear the weirdest moans
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With a mighty lonesome cry came a whistle from the sky
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And it chilled the very marrow in my bones
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Then a loud rushing roar like you never heard before
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Turned the blood to icy water in my veins
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As I watched with rising fear
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Something strange was drawing near
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And I saw in the clouds, ghost trains
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(Ghost trains, ghost trains, what a fearful sight)
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The Cannonball and No nine were racing through the night
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Just as they passed me by, I heard the engineer cry
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Giver her coal, give her coal, shovel it on
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You could see the fireman grinnin'
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In the engine that was winnin'
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But I knew before the finish they'd be gone
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(Well, he knew before the finish they'd be gone)
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You could see the drivers roll as they shoveled on the coal
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And the black smoke came pouring from the stacks
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As they thundered through the sky I am here to testify
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You could hear the wheel a clickin' on the tracks
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Through the smoke and the steam
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You could see the headlights gleam
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Now I have no proof but still the fact remains
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You may doubt it but I swear there were cinders in my hair
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When I saw in the clouds, ghost trains
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(Ghost trains, ghost trains [unverified])
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As I watched I saw them fade into the dawn
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(As he watched he saw them fade into the dawn)
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