Once upon a time there was an engineer. 很久很久以前有一个工程师。

Drove a locomotive both far and near. 驾驶机车远近。

Accompanied by a monkey that would sit on a stool 由一只猴子，将坐在凳子上，伴随着

Watching everything the engineer would do 冷眼旁观的工程师会做

One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat, 有一天，这位工程师想吃点东西，

He left the monkey sitting on the driver's seat, 他离开了猴子坐在驾驶座上，

The monkey pulled the throttle, the locomotive jumped the gun 猴子拉油门，机车偷步

And did 80 miles an hour down the mainline run. 并完成80公里的时速下运行的主线。

   

Big locomotive right on time, big locomotive coming down the line. 上一次大机车右侧，大机车下来就行了。

Big locomotive No. 99, left the engineer with a worried mind. 大机车99号，左工程师用的担心。

   

The engineer called up the dispatcher on the phone, 工程师打电话给调度员的电话，

To tell him all about his locomotive was gone. 告诉他所有关于他的机车不见了。

Dispatcher got on the wire, switch operator to the right, 调度员在电线上，开关操作员到了右边，

Cause the monkey's got the main line sewed up tight. 导致猴子的有主线缝起来紧。

The switch operator got the message on time, 开关操作知趣的时间，

Said there's a Northbound livin' on the same main line, 说，有在同一主线北行活着，

Open up the switch I'm gonna let him through the hole, 打开我会让他通过孔的开关，

Cause the monkey's got the locomotive under control. 导致猴子的得到控制的火车头。

   

Big locomotive right on time, big locomotive coming down the line. 上一次大机车右侧，大机车下来就行了。

Big locomotive No. 99, left the engineer with a worried mind. 大机车99号，左工程师用的担心。