do ya hear that whistle down the line i figure that it s engine number 49 she s the only one that ll sound that way on the atchison topeka and the santa fe see the old smoke risin round the bend i reckon that she knows she s gonna meet a friend folks around these parts get the time of day from the atchison topeka and the santa fe here she comes whoo whoo whoo whoo hoo hey jim you d better get the rig whoo whoo whoo whoo hoo she s got a list o passengers that s pretty big and they ll all want lifts to brown s hotel cause lots o them been travelin for quite a spell all the way to cal i for ni ay on the atchison topeka on the atchison topeka on the atchison topeka and the santa fe oh the roads back east are mighty swell the chesapeake ohio and the asl but i make my run and i make my pay  on the atchison topeka and the santa fe goin back and forth along these aisles my man you must have walked about a million miles it s a treat to be on your feet all day on the atchison topeka and the santa fe here she comes rat a rat a rat a rat a rat she s really racin down the line looky looky looky look look look oh boy we re huffin and a puffin on the 49 in this day and age girls don t leave home but if you get a hankerin and want to roam our advice to you is run away on the atchison topeka and the santa fe hey men did you ever see such purty femininity arrivin all at once in this here town in this here town never saw the likes of this for miles around round and round our heads are spinning new adventures are beginning what a length of calico it s taffety and calico to really put a cowboy on the kibosh cowboy kibosh it s enough to make a fella wanna wash wash your face and hands we hope you ll never be afraid of soap buttoned shoes and powdered chalk and fancy smells and baby talk it s awful what a gal will stoop to do even so we aim to say we love to honor and oh ba by are there any more at home like you wahoo hand me my hair comb and my slicker gonna get spruced up and i ll pick her put on the dog and i ll city slick her mister harvey mister harvey fred harvey knows exactly how to pick em we come from dubuque i o way that s where the tall tall tall corn grows we come from louisiana where the missississippi flows i was the lillian russell of cherryville kansas but they never gave me a chance i finished high school in providence rhode island and providence rhode island is where i learned to dance oh i m from chillicothe ohio my middle name s hiawa thee ohio i m gonna get the gold in them thar hills so i said goodbye o ohio we were schoolmarms in grand rapids mich but reading writing rithmetic were not our dish i was born in paris i was raised in paris went to school in paris where i met a boy i was married in paris almost buried in paris but i finally left paris paris illinois so this is the wild woolly west give me my chaps and my checkered vest give me a girl and a holster for my hip bang bang yip yip what a lovely trip i m feeling so fresh and alive and i m so glad to arrive it s all so grand it s easy to see you don t need a palace to feel like alice in wonderland back in ohio where i come from i ve done a lot of dreamin and i ve traveled some but i never thought i d see the day when i ever took a ride on the santa fe i would lean across my windowsill and hear the whistle echoin across the hill then i d watch the lights till they d fade away on the atchison topeka and the santa fe what a thrill what a great big wonderful thrill with the whistle singin westward ho right from the day i heard it start cross the kansas plains to new mexico i guess i ve got a little gypsy in my heart when i m old and gray and settled down if i ever get a chance to sneak away from town then i ll spend my busman s holiday on the atchison topeka and the santa fe all aboard all aboard here she comes whoo whoo whoo whoo hoo i can t believe we re here at last when you go traveling it s best for you on the atchison topeka and the santa fe i can t believe that anything could go so fast when you pull that throttle whistle blows a huffin and a puffin and away she goes all aboard for cal i for ni ay on the atchison on the atchison topeka on the atchison topeka and on the atchison topeka and the santa fe