Monkey And The Engineer

Once upon a time there was an engineerDrove a locomotive both far and nearAccompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stoolWatching everything the engineer would move One day the engineer wanted a bite to eatHe left the monkey sitting on the driver's seatThe monkey pulled the throttle, locomotive jumped the gunDoing ninety miles an hour down the mainline run Big locomotive right on timeBig locomotive coming down the lineBig locomotive number ninety nineLeft the engineer with a worried mind The engineer called up the despatcher on the phoneTell him all about his locomotive was goneGet on the wire, switch operator to right'Cause the monkey's got the mainline sewed up tight Switch operator got the message in timeSaid there's a northbound limit on the same mainlineOpen up the switch, I'm gonna let it through the hole'Cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control