Mile Long Train
Jimmy Dean · The Complete Columbia Hits and More [Collectors' C [2004]
(Gerald Nelson - Chuck Taylor)
Wagon train, mile long train
Four hundred mules, six hundred men
They didn't know the devil was in
This mile long train, wagon train.
A man in black no one knew his name
He was a devil for sure leadin' that train
He said all you miners, mule skinners too
Fifteen days I'll save for you
You see that plain, those mountains there
I'll take you across, ha, ha, ha, if you dare.
Wagon train mile long train
Four hundred mules, six hundred men
They didn't know the devil was in
This mile long train, wagon train.
Now the only way out was the way they came in
And the shifting sand covered track where they've been
So one by one they all died of thirst
And the devil has laughed in this mile long hearse
That's where the name Death Valley began
For there's no way out and only one way in.
Wagon train mile long train
Four hundred mules, six hundred men
They didn't know the devil was in
This mile long train, wagon train...
Wagon train, mile long train
Four hundred mules, six hundred men
They didn't know the devil was in
This mile long train, wagon train.
A man in black no one knew his name
He was a devil for sure leadin' that train
He said all you miners, mule skinners too
Fifteen days I'll save for you
You see that plain, those mountains there
I'll take you across, ha, ha, ha, if you dare.
Wagon train mile long train
Four hundred mules, six hundred men
They didn't know the devil was in
This mile long train, wagon train.
Now the only way out was the way they came in
And the shifting sand covered track where they've been
So one by one they all died of thirst
And the devil has laughed in this mile long hearse
That's where the name Death Valley began
For there's no way out and only one way in.
Wagon train mile long train
Four hundred mules, six hundred men
They didn't know the devil was in
This mile long train, wagon train...