The Kittie West
All aboard the Kittie West!
All dressed up in your Sunday best
See the sights, get away
Along the Mohawk River for the day
There's a band playing Dixie on the deck
While the captain smokes a cigarette
Come one, come all
We'll be back by nightfall
So climb aboard the Kittie West
In 1882
She made her maiden voyage one afternoon
I was there, and have been since
I'm on that steamboat every chance I get
I break my hands building trains for a wage
Trying to get my money saved
So come weekends I'm traveling
To places I haven't been
Aboard the Kittie West
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If you haven't seen me around
It's because there's someone I've found
Her name is Martha Mae
I met her in Rexford one day
We married the following June
Under a golden summer moon
We danced till dawn
As the band played on
Aboard the Kittie West
The Kittie West
The Kittie West