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The Rock Island Line

from 100 Year Echoes by Six-Tone Storm Chime

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Oh, the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
Oh, the Rock Island Line is the road to ride
Want to ride it got to ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line

A B C double X Y Z
Cat's in the cupboard but he can't see me
Bossman laying down in the shade
Countin' all the ties that we ain't laid

Oh, the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
Oh, the Rock Island Line is the road to ride
Want to ride it got to ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line

Jesus died to save our sins
Glory to God we're gonna need 'im again
I may be right or I may be wrong
But I know you're gonna miss me when I'm gone

Oh, the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
Oh, the Rock Island Line is the road to ride
Want to ride it got to ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line

Cloudy in the West and it looks like rain
Around the bend come a passenger train
Northbound train on a southbound track
She's alright leavin' but she's never comin' back

Oh, the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
Oh, the Rock Island Line is the road to ride
Want to ride it got to ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line

Engineer said just before he died,
"Two more drinks I'd like to try"
Conductor said, "What could they be?"
"Hot cup of coffee and cold cup of tea!"

Oh, the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
Oh, the Rock Island Line is the road to ride
Want to ride it got to ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line

Oh, the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
Oh, the Rock Island Line is the road to ride
Want to ride it got to ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line

Oh, the Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
Oh, the Rock Island Line is the road to ride
Want to ride it got to ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line

credits

from 100 Year Echoes, released September 12, 2014
Kyle "Addison Beauchamp" Soyer: mandolin, lead vocals
Weston "Paddy" Mate: 12-string guitar, backing vocals
Tucker "Rusty" Baker: guitar, backing vocals
Nathan "Captain McCallen" Ford: fiddle, backing vocals
Matthew "Sim Webb" Hauser: tambourine

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Six-Tone Storm Chime New Mexico

The winds of the North Ponil Canyon rattle canvas like the C&N RY No. 1 is still rumblin' by.

To the inaugural 2014 staff of Metcalf Station at Philmont Scout Ranch, that's just the echoes of history.

Left to right in the banner: Kyle "Addison Beauchamp" Soyer, Weston "Paddy" Mate, Tucker "Rusty" Baker, Nathan "Captain McCallen" Ford,
Matthew "Sim Webb" Hauser, and Travis "Two-Foot" Scherschel.
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