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    Default “Life is Like a Mountain Railway” Sheet Music????

    Please help me find sheet music with lyrics to this gospel song, even if it’s only tab for either guitar or mandolin. Searches have turned up a number of songs with similar titles, but not the one I’m Looking for. It starts out:
    Life is like a mountain railway, with an engineer so brave.
    You must make your run successful, from the cradle to the grave.
    Watch the curves, the hills and tunnels. Never falter never fail.
    Keep your hand upon the throttle and your eye upon the rail.

    Then comes one of the all time great choruses for two or three part harmony. I won’t go into the lyrics here, but any of you that know this song will understand what’s great tune it is.
    I only remember the first verse and the chorus, but I do truly love that song.
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    Default Re: “Life is Like a Mountain Railway” Sheet Music????

    The song is called Life's Railway to Heaven.

    https://www.google.com/search?client...rds+and+lyrics
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    Default Re: “Life is Like a Mountain Railway” Sheet Music????

    Here is a great rendition of this song.

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    Default Re: “Life is Like a Mountain Railway” Sheet Music????

    There have been more than a few covers of this song and this list is not complete.
    "It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
    --M. Stillion

    "Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
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    Awesome tune and message. Since this is MandolinCafe, maybe I'll swap out the accordion for an F-5 with this great version. Not knocking the great JC at all. Saw D&D play this at the Great Music Hall in Charleston . . . still reverberates within me.




    LYRICS: https://hymnary.org/text/life_is_lik...ntain_railroad

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