On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

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Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After traveling and living in numerous locations while growing up in his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success was as a solo singer. Throughout his life, Denver recorded and released approximately 300 songs, about 200 of which he composed. He performed primarily with an acoustic guitar and sang about his joy in nature, his enthusiasm for music, and relationship trials. Denver's music appeared on a variety of charts, including country and western, the Billboard Hot 100, and adult contemporary, in all earning him 1… more »

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1997

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Do you hear that whistle down the line, I figure that it's Engine #49,
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 set the time of day
From on the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.
Here she comes, whoo oo oo oo, hey Jim, you better get the rig.

Whoo oo oo oo, she's got a list of passengers that's pretty big
And they'll all want a lift to Brown's Hotel,
'Cause 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, oo oo oo. 
Let her rip, let her rip, Mr. Engineer,
Gotta go, gotta go far away from here.
While the man at the fire shovels in the coals,
Stick your head out the cab and watch the drivers roll.

See the towns and the roads go a whizzing by,
Fare thee well Laramie and Rocky Mountain High,
Yes sirree, here we are, going all the way, mustn't quit 'til we hit California.

See the old smoke rising round the bend,
I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend.
Folks around these parts set the time of day
From on the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.

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