Title: Old-Time-Song-Lyrics
Author: www.traditionalmusic.co.uk

On A Cold Winter’s Night 
On a cold winter’s night, not a star was in sight And the north wind kept howlin’ down the line With his sweetheart so dear stood a brave engineer With his orders to pull old Number Nine 
He kissed her goodbye with a tear in her eye For the joy in his heart he could not hide And the whole world seemed bright when she told him that night That tomorrow she’d be his blushing bride 
As the train rolled along and the wheels hummed a song And the black smoke came pouring down the stack His headlight that gleamed seemed so bright as he dreamed Of tomorrow when he’d be coming back 
Round the corner of the hill his brave heart stood still A headlight was shining in his face He whispered a prayer as he threw on the air For he knew that would be his final race 
In the wreck he was found laying there on the ground And he asked them to raise his weary head And his breath slowly went; it was a message he sent To a maiden who thought that she’d be wed 
"There’s a little white home that I bought for our own Where I knew we’d be happy bye and bye Oh I leave it to you for I know you’ll be true , Till we meet at the Golden Gates , Goodbye 
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