O, The Train's Off the Track | Lyrics & Free Orff Orchestration Sheet Music

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History for 'O, The Train's Off the Track'

O, The Train's Off the Track is a Virginian folk song with a limited five-note range. Trains are often used to symbolize going to Heaven. However, this song is simply about an actual train.

Lyrics for 'O, The Train's Off the Track'

O, the trains off the track,
and I can't get it back,
and I can't get a letter to my home.
To my home, to my home,
And I can't get a letter to my home.

If you say so,
I'll railroad no more;
I'll sidetrack my train and go home.
And go home, and go home,
I'll sidetrack my train and go home.


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