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Written by Paul D. Race

Engine, Engine Number 9

Roger Miller wrote this song for his Third Time Out album. It's related to a children's poem that is often recited while jump-roping.

    Engine, Engine, number 9
    Going Down Chicago Line
    If the train goes off the track,
    Do you want your money back?

Miller's best-known song was probably "King of the Road," about a hobo who knows how to live cheap and how to get around the country free. The narrator of this song is much less confident.

Roger Miller wrote some of the most charming and ingratiating country and pop songs of his era. Click to see his Greatest Hits album on AmazonHere are Miller's lyrics:

    Engine, engine number nine
    Coming down the railroad line
    How much farther back did she get off.
    Old brown suitcase that she carried.
    I've looked for it ev'rywhere.
    It just ain't here among the rest
    And I'm a little upset, yes... tell me

    Engine, engine number nine,
    Coming down the railroad line,
    I know she got on in Baltimore.
    A hundred and ten miles ain't much distance
    But it sure do make a diff'rence;
    I don't think she loves me anymore.

    I warned her of dangers
    Don't speak to strangers
    Did she find new romance If you can't figure out all four chords, for about $4, you can download the Kindle sheet music of this song.
    Warmer lips to kiss her,
    Arms to hold her tighter,
    Stirring new fires inside her,
    How I wish that it was me instead
    Of he that stands beside her.

    Engine, engine number nine,
    Coming down the railroad line,
    I know she got on in Baltimore.
    A hundred and ten miles ain't much distance
    But it sure do make a diff'rence;
    I don't think she loves me anymore.

    No I don't think she loves me anymore.
    I don't think she loves me... Click to learn about our newsletter for Americana and related music styles

You-Tube Videos of This Song

On some of the older pages, I have the You-Tube videos embedded in the page, but the You-Tube software keeps changing and something that worked a few weeks ago won't work now. So now, I just have links to the You-Tube pages. Sorry for any inconvenience.

The first "video" below is actually just a sound tracks with lyrics. The second one is by Carl Perkins, who wrote "Blue Suede Shoes" and always brought something extra to the guitar parts of his songs. I HIGHLY recommend seeing it all the way through.

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