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Kwp (65 posts)
Apr-10-02, 09:57 PM (EST) "Railway poetry" Hopefuly, on behalf of my countrymen, I thought I would like to share this with some of our overseas friends who may not have read it.
It`s by `Banjo` Patterson, one of our more famous folklore poets.
THE FLYING GANGI served my time, in the days gone by,
In the railway's clash and clang,
And I worked my way to the end, and I
Was the head of the `Flying Gang.`
`Twas a chosen band that was kept at hand
In case of an urgent need;
Was it south or north, we were started forth
And away at our utmost speed,
If word reached town that a bridge was down,
The imperious summons rang-
`Come out with the pilot engine sharp,
And away with the flying gang.`Then a piercing scream and a rush of steam
As the engine moved ahead;
With measured beat by the slum and street
Of the busy town we fled,
By the uplands bright and the homesteads white
With the rush of the western gale –
And the pilot swayed with the pace we made
As she rocked on the ringing rail.
And the country children clapped their hands
As the engine's echoes rang,
But their elders said: `There is work ahead
When they send for the flying gang.`Then across the miles of the saltbush plains
That gleamed with the morning dew
Where the grasses waved like the ripening grain
The pilot engine flew –
A fiery rush in the open bush
Where the grade marks seemed to fly,
And the order sped on the wires ahead,
The pilot must go by.
The Governor`s special must stand aside,
And the fast express go hang;
Let your orders be that the line is free
For the boys of the flying gang.A. B. Paterson
If anyone has any others, please post them.
I would like to know the correct lyrics to the `Ballad Of Casey Jones` if anyone has them.Keith. Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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blvdbill (95 posts)
Apr-10-02, 10:24 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Railway poetry" LAST EDITED ON Apr-10-02 AT 11:03 PM (EST)>I would like to know the
>correct lyrics to the `Ballad
>Of Casey Jones` if anyone
>has them. Hey Keith, checkout these links, I think it's maybe what your lookin for.
http://www.trainweb.org/caseyjones/song.html
or
http://wky.thinkwestkentucky.com/railroad/ballad.htm
or
http://www.caseyjones.com/pages/Songs.htm - at this site you can listen to the song also
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Kwp (65 posts)
Apr-11-02, 00:06 AM (EST) 2. "RE: Railway poetry" LAST EDITED ON Apr-11-02 AT 00:12 AM (EST)Blvdbill,Thanks for those links, just the thing.
Hope we see more song lyrics or verse concerning railroads and trains in general. It adds another dimension to this great pastime of ours.Keith.btw. On reflection I partly remember a song or poem many years back about another wreck and a driver named John Axon. I`m pretty sure it was of British origin ... ?Keith. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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