1. Life is like a mountain railway, With an engineer that's brave; We must make the run successful, From the cradle to the grave; Watch the curves, the fills, the tunnels; Never falter, never quail; Keep your hands upon the throttle, And your eyes upon the rail.
Chorus:
2. You will roll up grades of trial; |
3. You will often find obstructions, Look for storms and wind and rain; On a fill, or curve, or trestle They will almost ditch your train; Put your trust alone in Jesus, Never falter, never fail; Keep your hands upon the throttle, And your eyes upon the rail. Chorus:
4. As you roll across the trestle, |
Johnny Cash and the Carters did the song justice.
5 comments:
OMG I thoroughly enjoyed this!! I love Johnny Cash, and you are so right. He did that song justice!
Pam
A beautiful song. I remember it well. I loved hearing that Banjo coming in clear. Helen
WOW Donna ! My mom and dad used to sing that one too. I remember many trips to and from my grandmother's house (about 45 miles from our home) they would sing to the top of their lungs, that song and others like it.
My mom was the musician in the family.....dad, well let's just say he really loved music but couldn't keep up with mom. LOL. Mom would try to harmonize with him as they sang.....and EVERY time he would get off of his part (the melody usually) and start singing what mom was singing. It was a riot ! We used to laugh so hard about it. Dad tried and tried but he just couldn't do it. They had a lot of fun on those trips though.
As I got older I would sing with them. And again mom would try and get us all to sing different parts etc. But dad always ended up singing one of the parts mom and I were singing. What fond memories that conjures up.
Thanks Donna, for sharing that song !
Wow! Thoroughly enjoyed that. Thanks for finding and posting!
Never heard that one before!
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