• Railroading on the Great Divide
    Nothing around me but the Rockies and sky
    It's there you'll find me as the years roll by
    Railroading on the Great Divide

    In 1916 I left my old home
    [Alternative In 1914 I started to roam]
    Went out into the West with nothing of my own
    [Alternative Out through Wyoming, no money, no home]
    I went drifting along with the tide
    And landed on the Great Divide

    Ask any old timer in old Cheyenne
    Wyoming railroading's the best in the land
    A long steel rail and a short cross tie
    Laid across the Great Divide

    As I look out across the fields
    Number 3's a-coming, the fastest on wheels
    Through old Laramie she glides with pride
    And rolls across the Great Divide