Oh that big black engine comes a-puffin' round the bend, puffin' round the bend, puffin' round the bend. Oh that big black engine comes a-puffin' round the bend, it's the Tennessee Central number nine. With her smokestack blazin' she's a-burnin' up the wind, burnin' up the wind, burnin' up the wind. With her smokestack blazin' she's a-burnin' up the wind, it's the Tennessee Central number nine. Oh that old TC, it's good enough for me, let the flagman give that engineer the sign. I get a feelin' I must go when I hear that whistle blow, I'm the Tennessee Central number nine. When we leave the station she'll be a-paintin' and a-blowin', paintin' and a-blowin', a-gettin' and a-goin'. When we leave the station she'll be a-paintin' and a-blowin', it's the Tennessee Central number nine. Well we'll roll right into Knoxville just a-shoutin' and a-singin', shoutin' and a-singin', a-swingin' and a-swingin'. Well we'll roll right into Knoxville just a-shoutin' and a-singin' on that Tennessee Central number nine. Oh that old TC, it's good enough for me, let the flagman give that engineer the sign. I get a feelin' I must go when I hear that whistle blow, I'm the Tennessee Central number nine. Oh that old TC, it's good enough for me, let the flagman give that engineer the sign.