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Once upon a time there was an engineer
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Drove a locomotive both far and near
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Accompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stool
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Watchin' everything the engineer would move


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One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat
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Left the monkey sittin' on the driver's seat
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The monkey pulled the draw, the locomotive jumped the gun
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And did ninety miles an hour down the main line run

     (Chorus)
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     Big locomotive, right on time
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     Big locomotive, comin' down the line
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     Big locomotive, number ninety-nine
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     Left the engineer with a worried mind
     
     [Intro lick]

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The engineer called up the dispatcher on the phone
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Tell him all about his locomotive was gone
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Get on the wire, switch operator to write
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'Cause the monkey's got the main line sewn up tight

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Switch operator got the message in time
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Said, "There's a north bound livin' on the same main line
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Open up the switch, I'm gonna let him through the hole
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'Cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control!"