Do you hear that whistle down the line
I figure that it's engine number forty nine
She's the only one that 'll sound that way
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe All aboard, she's on her way
See the old smoke risin' round the bend
I reck on that she knows she's gonna meet a friend
Folks around these parts kept the time of day
From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Bridge one
Heres he comes whoo whoo oow hoo oow hoow hoow hoo
Hey, Jim, ya better get therig
Oow hoo whoo oow hoo whoo whoo
She's got a list of passengers that's mighty big
And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel
'Cause lot soft hem been travelin' for quite a spell
All the way from Philadelph eye aye
On the Atchis on, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Back in Ohio where I come from
I've done a lot of dreamin' and I've travell'd some
But I never thought I'd see the day
When I ever took a ride on the Santa Fe
I would lean across my window sill
And hear the whistle echoin' across the hill
Then I'd watch the light still they fade away
On theAtchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Bridge two
What a thrill with the whe elsa singin' "west ward ho"
From the day I heard them start
'Cross the Kansas plains from New Mexico
I guess I've got a little gypsy in my heart
When I'm old and grey and set tled down
If I ever get a chance to sneak away from town
Then I'll spend my busman's holiday
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe