Coal Train
Duke and Dizzy played a Band Call
Ella told a fella named Cannonball
On the Coal Train, workin' on the coal train
Thirty-two bars connected
The cars of that coal train

Monk drove the funk for Bix to blow
Bird got the word and told Satchmo
On the Coal Train, steamin' up the coal train
Rollins through the night was our delight
On the coal train

Bud walked in with Lady Day
Mingus' Fingus walkin' Hawkins' way
On the coal train, cookin' on the coal train
Bill Evans, my heavens, played like the rain
On the coal train

Woo-woo...
Woo-woo...
Woo-woo...
Woo-woo...
Woo-woo...
Woo-woo...
Dexter, Lester, and Fatha Hines
Louder and faster than the wind outside
Of the coal train, flyin' by the coal train
Basie as tasty as a Jelly Roll
On the coal train

Cedar set the meter for Zoot and Toots
Elvin yellin' "Man, who's playin' the roots
On this coal train?"
Rump-rollin' on the coal train

Miles to go at a swing tempo on the coal train
On the coal train

Woo-woo...