Stockton Iron Song

[Verse 1]
England, eighteen twenty-five
Forty kilometers long
Coal from the mines
To Stockton port

Steam in the cold air
Iron on iron
Old hands on the lever
Eyes on the line

[Pre-Chorus]
May first, eighteen thirty-six
A new road begins
Step by step, lay it down
Hear the future sing

[Chorus]
Railway, railway
Roll on through the night
Railway, railway
Carry us in light
Coal dust, steel dust
All along the way
Railway, railway
Make the old world sway

[Verse 2]
Russia held the first one
Back in seventeen eighty-eight
Then the line kept growing
Past the gate and out the gate

Wheels bite the metal
Sparks in the rain
Hands on the hard work
Name on the frame

[Pre-Chorus]
May first, eighteen thirty-six
A new road begins
Step by step, lay it down
Hear the future sing

[Chorus]
Railway, railway
Roll on through the night
Railway, railway
Carry us in light
Coal dust, steel dust
All along the way
Railway, railway
Make the old world sway

[Bridge]
Hoarse voice, calling
From the smoke and stone
Old men, old women
Sing the steel bone
Echo, echo
Down the silver track
One more mile now
Never turning back

[Final Chorus]
Railway, railway
Roll on through the night
Railway, railway
Carry us in light
Coal dust, steel dust
All along the way
Railway, railway
Make the old world sway