We're taking goods to market
To Hayle and Swansea too
We'll make our way to Liskeard
Then the fishing port of Looe
But first to Gonamena
And out below the mines
Past St Cleer, and through Tremabe
Much further down the line
The moor is steep and rocky
Our load it weighs a tonne
We'll be back again this evening
Before the shift is done
We load the firebox to the brim
Our progress now quite slow
At seven miles and fifteen chains
We've still a way to go
We've got copper ore and granite
Loaded in the cart
We're heading out of Caradon
We're ready to depart
The hard work almost finished
We bless the engineer
'Cos he built the railroad
And its all downhill from here
He built the railroad, built the railroad
And its all downhill from here
He built the railroad, built the railroad
And its all downhill from here
The river runs beside the track
From Liskeard into Looe
The valley home to gentry
The rich and well-to-do
We trundle out of Sandplace
Looe harbour we soon see
We slow her down and call a halt
Then un-load on the quay
We've got copper ore and granite
Loaded in the cart
We're heading out of Caradon
We're ready to depart
The hard work almost finished
We bless the engineer
'Cos he built the railroad
And its all downhill from here