DESCRIPTION:
12-05-15

The Vin Fiz Flyer band performs at the Mount Lowe Tavern during the annual Mount Lowe Excursion.

LYRICS:

My daddy took me a long time ago
A railway built by Thaddeus Lowe
Climbed through the mountains up over our town
From the Echo up and the Rubio down

We switched trains up where the white city lay
Nothing but dreams living up there today
Into the mountains stream miles or so
Alpine Tavern at the foot of Mount Lowe

Oh, how I loved it up there
Rocks and trees and cool clean air
High on a point, above Pasadena
Daddy and me could see Catalina

East of the tavern on a tiny trail
Things were on a humbler scale
Perched on a ridge on the mountain so cool
Was a railway run by one man and a mule

Ol' Herb pushed the cart from stop to stop
He fed that mule on cavern slop
I wanted to know why Herb didn't pull the cart
Tried your life to kid you couldn't breathe back there

Oh, M&M, Pacific and E
If I could go back how happy I'd be
Take the 15-20 to the end
Hitch a little ride on the ol' M&M

(instrumental)

Well winds and fires, they took their toll
Back in '37 the last train rolled
Up on the ridge where the mule walked the rails
Morning glories cover the trails

Oh, how I loved it up there
Rocks and trees and cool clean air
High on a point, above Pasadena
Daddy and me could see Catalina

Oh, M&M, Pacific and E
If I could go back how happy I'd be
Take the 15-20 to the end
Hitch a little ride on the ol' M&M