Monkey and the Engineer

Once upon a time there was an engineer
Drove a locomotive both far and near
Accompanied by a monkey that would
Sit on a stool
Watching everything the engineer would do
One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat
He left the monkey sitting
On the driver's seat
The monkey pulled the throttle
The locomotive jumped the gun
And did 80 miles an hour
Down the mainline run

Big locomotive right on time
Big locomotive coming down the line
Big locomotive no 99
Left the engineer with a worried mind

The engineer called up the
Dispatcher on the phone
To tell him all about his locomotive was gone
Dispatcher got on the wire
Switch operator to the right
Cause the monkey's got the main
Line sewed up tight
The switch operator got the message on time
Said there's a northbound livin' on
The same main line
Open up the switch i'm gonna
Let him through the hole
Cause the monkey's got the
Locomotive under control

Big locomotive right on time
Big locomotive coming down the line
Big locomotive no 99
Left the engineer with a worried mind