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There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run

When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun

Long before the white man and long before the wheel

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

But time has no beginnings and histry has no bounds

As to this verdant country they came from all around

They sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forests tall

And they built the mines the mills and the factories for the good of us all

And when the young mans fancy was turnin to the spring

The railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring

Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day

And many a fortune lost and won and many a debt to pay

For they looked in the future and what did they see

They saw an iron road runnin from sea to the sea

Bringin the goods to a young growin land

All up through the seaports and into their hands

Look away said they across this mighty land

From the eastern shore to the western strand

Bring in the workers and bring up the rails

We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails

Open er heart let the life blood flow

Gotta get on our way cause were movin too slow

Bring in the workers and bring up the rails

Were gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails

Open er heart let the life blood flow

Gotta get on our way cause were movin too slow

Get on our way cause were movin too slow

Behind the blue rockies the sun is declinin

The stars, they come stealin at the close of the day

Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping

Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away

We are the navvies who work upon the railway

Swingin our hammers in the bright blazin sun

Livin on stew and drinkin bad whiskey

Bendin our old backs til the long days are done

We are the navvies who work upon the railway

Swingin our hammers in the bright blazin sun

Layin down track and buildin the bridges

Bendin our old backs til the railroad is done

So over the mountains and over the plains

Into the muskeg and into the rain

Up the st. lawrence all the way to gaspe

Swingin our hammers and drawin our pay

Drivin em in and tyin em down

Away to the bunkhouse and into the town

A dollar a day and a place for my head

A drink to the livin and a toast to the dead

Oh the song of the future has been sung

All the battles have been won

Oer the mountain tops we stand

All the world at our command

We have opened up the soil

With our teardrops and our toil

For there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run

When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun

Long before the white man and long before the wheel

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

And many are the dead men too silent to be real

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