• Well this job I've got is just a little too hard,
    Running out of money, Lord, I need more pay.
    Gonna wake up in the morning Lord, gonna pack my bags,
    I'm gonna beat it on down the line.

    I'm goin' down the line, goin down the line,
    Goin' down the line, goin down the line,
    Goin' down the line, goin down the line,
    Beat it on down the line.

    Yes I'll be waiting at the station Lord, when that train pulls on by,
    I'm going back where I belong.
    I'm going back to that same old used-to-be,
    Down in Joe Brown's coal mine.

    Coal mine, coal mine, coal mine, coal mine.
    Coal mine, coal mine, coal mine, coal mine.
    Coal mine, coal mine, coal mine, coal mine.
    Down in Joe Brown's coal mine.

    Yeah, I'm goin' back to that shack way across that railroad track,
    Uh huh, that's where I think I belong.
    Got a sweet woman, Lord, and she's waiting there for me
    And that's where I'm gonna make my happy home.

    Happy home, happy home, happy home, happy home.
    Happy home, happy home, happy home, happy home.
    Happy home, happy home, happy home, happy home.
    That's where I'm gonna make my happy home.

  • Once upon a time there was an engineer
    Drove a locomotive both far and near
    Accompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stool
    Watching everything the engineer would move

    One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat
    He left the monkey sitting on the driver's seat
    The monkey pulled the throttle, locomotive jumped the gun
    Doing ninety miles an hour down the mainline run

    Big locomotive right on time
    Big locomotive coming down the line
    Big locomotive number ninety nine
    Left the engineer with a worried mind

    The engineer called up the despatcher on the phone
    Tell him all about his locomotive was gone
    Get on the wire, switch operator to right
    'Cause the monkey's got the mainline sewed up tight

    Switch operator got the message in time
    Said there's a northbound train on the same mainline
    Open up the switch, I'm gonna let it through the hole
    'Cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control