The great Pacific railway, For California hail! Bring on the locomotive, Lay down the iron rail; Across the rolling prairies By steam we're bound to go, The railroad cars are coming, humming Through New Mexico, The railroad cars are coming, humming Through New Mexico. The little dogs in dog-town Will wag each little tail; They'll think that something's coming A-riding on a rail. The rattlesnake will show its fangs, The owl tu-whit, tu-who, The railroad cars are coming, humming Through New Mexico, The railroad cars are coming, humming Through New Mexico. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE RIVER CHARLES by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW BETWEEN WAND AND WELT by MARGARET AHO ALL THIS by REBA MAXWELL AVERY THE INNOCENT MAGICIAN; OR, A CHARM AGAINST LOVE by PHILIP AYRES SONGS OF NIGHT TO MORNING: 5 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) SONNET TO - -. by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT AN ANSWER TO SOME ENQUIRIES CONCERNING AUTHOR'S OPINION OF A SERMON by JOHN BYROM |