Key: G
Introduction:
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Once upon a time there was an engineer,
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who drove a locomotive both far and near,
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Accompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stool,
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watching everything the engineer would pull.
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One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat,
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He left the monkey sitting in the driver's seat,
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The monkey pulled the throttle the locomotive jumped the gun,
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and at 90 miles an hour down the main line run.
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The big locomotive is right on time,
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the big locomotive coming down the line,
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The big locomotive number 99,
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left the engineer with a worried mind.
{verse 2}
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The big locomotive is right on time,
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the big locomotive coming down the line,
G C
The big locomotive number 99,
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left the engineer with a worried mind.