Time for a Disney Sing Along. Today we visit Frontierland and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. You won't hear the ballad on the attraction or in the queue but it does a great job of filling us in on the back story of this haunted mountain. Below are the lyrics but if you want to hear the song click the link at the bottom to visit the Manifesting the Magic YouTube page. So with out further ado the Ballad of Thunder Mountain.
THE BALLED OF THUNDER MOUNTAIN
At Big Thunder Mountain station there’s a frightened, trembling man,
His body’s weak and feeble, and his skin has lost its tan.
When I asked him for a ticket he turned and shook his head.
He grabbed me by the shoulder, and this is what he said:
“Before you get on-board this train there’s something you should know.
When I finish with this tale, you might not want to go.”
I listened with amazement at what he said was true,
And now my friend the time has come to tell this tale to you.
Hear the legend of Thunder Mountain,
If you’re weak of heart then stay away
From Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,
Thunder Mountain Railroad, run away.
He said “As legend has it on one foggy night in June,
The train and crew pulled out at twelve beneath a darkened moon.
The boiler full of water, and the tender full of coal.
The whistle screamed a warning as the wheels began to roll.
Then like a bucking bronco with a cougar on its back,
The train began to run away down miles and miles of track.
What happened to the crew that night no one has ever learned.
The train pulled in all by itself, the men did not return.”
Hear the legend of Thunder Mountain,
If you’re weak of heart then stay away
From Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,
Thunder Mountain Railroad, run away.
The history of Big Thunder continues to unfold.
The stories of its danger continue to be told.
With avalanches, rattlesnakes and earthquakes in the night,
And voices of that phantom crew that chill your blood with fright.
“So please forgive me, Mister, if I’m standing in your way.
But before you buy your ticket, there’s one thing I have to say:”
Hear the legend of Thunder Mountain,
If you’re weak of heart then stay away
From Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,
Thunder Mountain Railroad, run away.
At Big Thunder Mountain station there’s a frightened, trembling man,
His body’s weak and feeble, and his skin has lost its tan.
When I asked him for a ticket he turned and shook his head.
He grabbed me by the shoulder, and this is what he said:
“Before you get on-board this train there’s something you should know.
When I finish with this tale, you might not want to go.”
I listened with amazement at what he said was true,
And now my friend the time has come to tell this tale to you.
Hear the legend of Thunder Mountain,
If you’re weak of heart then stay away
From Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,
Thunder Mountain Railroad, run away.
He said “As legend has it on one foggy night in June,
The train and crew pulled out at twelve beneath a darkened moon.
The boiler full of water, and the tender full of coal.
The whistle screamed a warning as the wheels began to roll.
Then like a bucking bronco with a cougar on its back,
The train began to run away down miles and miles of track.
What happened to the crew that night no one has ever learned.
The train pulled in all by itself, the men did not return.”
Hear the legend of Thunder Mountain,
If you’re weak of heart then stay away
From Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,
Thunder Mountain Railroad, run away.
The history of Big Thunder continues to unfold.
The stories of its danger continue to be told.
With avalanches, rattlesnakes and earthquakes in the night,
And voices of that phantom crew that chill your blood with fright.
“So please forgive me, Mister, if I’m standing in your way.
But before you buy your ticket, there’s one thing I have to say:”
Hear the legend of Thunder Mountain,
If you’re weak of heart then stay away
From Big Thunder Mountain Railroad,
Thunder Mountain Railroad, run away.
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