Firebox coaltrain

Shoveling coal in a burning hole
Fifteen hundred degrees
Break your back pushing black coal home
Fifteen hundred degrees

In a firebox coal train
In a firebox coal train

The switchman turns the train around
Up the mountain, faster down
The switchman turns the train around
Get her up to steam

Well, a railwayman can make amends
If he don't lose a limb
Yes, a railwayman can make amends
Until he gets a coffin

And if the cars should slip the track
Engineer, throw the bottle back
And if the bridge is moist to flood
Brakeman, say your prayers now

Well, a fireman love his train like a woman
Keep her burning all night long, yeah
Fireman love his train like a woman
Locomote that girl home, yeah

Well, I'm shoveling coal in a burning hole
Fifteen hundred degrees, Lord
Break your back pushing black coal
Fifteen hundred degrees, Lord

In a firebox coal train
Firebox coal train
Firebox coal train
Firebox coal train
Firebox coal train