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She was born one mornin' on a San Juan summer
Back in eighteen an' eighty an' one She was a beautiful daughter of the D & RG And she weighed about a thousand tons Well it's a fourty five miles through the Animas Canyon So they set her on the narrow gauge She drank a whole lotta water, and she ate a lotta coal And they called her The Silverton (Silverton train) Here comes The Silverton up from Durango Here comes The Silverton, a shovelin' coal Here comes The Silverton up from the canyon See the smoke, and hear the whistle blow Well now listen to the whistle in the Rockwood Cut On the Highline to Silverton town An' yer gonna git a shiver, when ya check out the river Which is four hunderd feet straight down! Take on some water at the Needleton tank And then ya struggle up a two-five grade And by the time ya git yer hide passed the Snowshed Slide Ya had a ride on The Silverton (Silverton train) Here comes The Silverton up from Durango Here comes The Silverton, a shovelin' coal Here comes The Silverton up from the canyon See the smoke, and hear the whistle blow Now down by the station, early in the mornin' There's a whole lotta people in line An' they all got a ticket on the train to yesterday An' it's a gonna leave on time Well it's a fourty five miles through the Animas Canyon So they set her on the narrow gauge She drinks a whole lotta water, and she eats a lotta coal And they call her The Silverton (Silverton train) Here comes The Silverton up from Durango Here comes The Silverton, a shovelin' coal Here comes The Silverton up from the canyon See the smoke, and hear the whistle blow {Reapeat Chorus} |
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