Newsgroup: rec.railroad
Subject: Re: Burl Ives and railroad song
From: ketorm@aol.com (Ketorm)

This is the best i could do from memory. perhaps someone else can add to
it.

The train goes through the middle of the house,
It comes and goes through the middle of the house,
The train goes through the middle of the house,
Since the company bought the land...(refrain)

There's a great big door in the front of the house,
There's a little door in the back,
But there ain't no door in the middle of the house...
'Cause that's the railroad track, yes that's the railroad track.

A tax collector came to the house,
And he knocked and he knocked on the door.
We sat him right down in the middle of the house,
And he never come back no more, no he never come back no more.

A relative came to visit us,
He would always shout and fuss,
We sat him right down in the middle of the house,
And he nevermore bothered us, no he nevermore bothered us.

We're singing this song in the middle of the house,
We're singing this song in the middle of the house,
We're singing this song in the middle of the house...
And here comes the five oh nine...WooooWoooooooooooo

Bob Mrotek