Do you hear that whistle down the line? I figure that it's engine number forty nine She's the only one that'll sound that way On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe
See the old smoke rising 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 hoo hoo hoo hoo Hey Jim, you'd better get the rig Whoo hoo hoo hoo hoo She's got a list of passengers that's pretty big
And they'll all want lifts to Brown's hotel Cause of lots of them been traveling for quite a spell All the way from Philadelphia On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe
All aboard! All aboard! Chuga-chuga-chuga-chuga, woo-woo Chuga-chuga-chuga-chuga, woo-woo
Let 'er rip, let 'er rip, Mr. Engineer Gotta go, gotta go far away from here While the man at the fire shovels on the coal Stick your head out the cab, watch the drivers roll
See the towns and the roads go a whizzing by Fare thee well Laramie, Albuquerque high Yesiree, here we are, going all the way Mustn't quit till we hit California
On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe Here she comes, woo-woo Hey Jim, you'd better get the rig Whoo hoo hoo hoo hoo She's got a list of passengers that's pretty big
And they'll all want lifts to Brown's hotel Cause of lots of them been traveling for quite a spell All the way from Philadelphia On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe