10.

The Fireman Cowboy (The Musicians Run Amuck)

Slim Pickens - Rex Allen

© Koko Music, ASCAP

A U P train was speedin' was a speedin' toward its goal
Now the engineer was ahead of it while the fireman shoveled coal
Now the fireman had been a cowboy and he was a cowboy yet
And to prove that he still was a westerner he kept his lariat

Now as that train went speedin' out across the desert so wild
Right down the track ahead of them there strolled a little child
Her golden hair in ringlets was a streamin' down her back
And she little knew the dangers as she strolled along that track

My God the engineer shouted as he throwed on all of his brakes
I'd stop this engine if I could but I ain't got what it takes
And then our fireman cowboy with his lariat so true
Now he climbed out onto the running boards says I'll see what I can do

Well he crawled on out to the boiler as that train sped on its course
And he swung his trusty lariat just like he rode a horse
Now he latched it on to a telegraph pole and he dallied on the big smokestack
And before you knew what had happened the train was jerked right off the track

Well it plowed into a sand bank oh it caused one hell of a wreck
They found our fireman hero with the engine on his neck
They buried our fireman cowboy where the desert winds blow wild
He killed two hundred passengers thank God he saved the child

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