Who stole that train off the track?   Whoever took it better come and put it back   I heard that engine whistle blow   It should have been here long ago, now   Who stole that train off the track?      My baby wrote and said that she   Was coming home on "93" but   Who stole that train off the track?   I been waitin' here since early dawn   The depot's closed, the agents gone   Who stole that train off the track?      I said-a, who stole that train off the track?   Who stole that train that was bringin' my girl back?   I heard that lonesome whistle blow   It should have been here long ago   Who stole that train off the track?      Well I looked above me in the sky   And saw the smoke a risin' high but   Who stole that train off the track?   That smoke was hangin' in the air   But there was no engine anywhere   Now, who stole that train off the track?      I said-a, who stole that train off the track?   Who stole that train that was bringin' my girl back   Someone's playin' a joke on me   They'd better bring my baby   Who stole that train off the track?      Well I looked and saw a cloud of steam   And plainly heard a whistle scream but   Who stole that train off the track?      And I looked again with all my might   But still no engine came in sight, now   Who stole that train off the track?      I said-a, who stole that train off the track?   Whoever took it better come and put it back   I heard that engine whistle blow   It should have been here long ago, now   Who stole that train off the track?