Travelling by Steam

歌詞

With a steady hand on the lever And the signal ready to pass Keep the light burning, fireman And the water, well up in the glass With a shoulder to the rail There's no better place to be Than the right side of the footplate When you're travelling by steam Stand in the bight, look for the green light Voices that echo and ring down the line One load to shed, then homeward we tread Till morning and the coal-boy come singing Me granddaddy worked in the railway A bigwig, so I've heard talk Me father, he was a driver Travelling pit to port And there's no better life for a young man With them you must agree When you're right side of the footplate And you're travelling by steam Stand in the bight, look for the green light Voices that echo and ring down the line One load to shed, then homeward we tread Till morning and the coal-boy come singing Tomorrow it's off up to Banbury A lodging turn for me Where I can lay me head on a pillow In a room where I can sleep And it's up and away in the morning And wipe the clock-face clean And you're right side of the footplate And you're travelling by steam Stand in the bight, look for the green light Voices that echo and ring down the line One load to shed, then homeward we tread Till morning and the coal-boy come singing So pick up yer traps and yer Tommy-box We're reaching the end of the line Keep yer eye on your watch, lad We'll bring her in on time And it could have been life on the dole queue Or mining for coal at the seam But you're right side of the footplate And you're travelling by steam Stand in the bight, look for the green light Voices that echo and ring down the line One load to shed, then homeward we tread Till morning and the coal-boy come singing