3.10 TO YUMA
Theme song from the film "3.10. To Yuma" (1957)
(George Duning / Ned Washington)
Frankie Laine (Film Soundtrack) - 1957
Also recorded by:
Peter & Gordon; John Blackinsell & His Orch;
Hollywood Studio Orch.; Mario Cavallero & His Orch.
There is a lonely train called the 3.10 to Yuma
The pounding of the wheels is more like a mournful sigh
There's a legend and there's a rumour
When you take the 3.10 to Yuma
You can see the ghosts of outlaws go ridin' by (Ridin' by)
In the sky (In the sky), way up high
The buzzards keep circlin' the train
While below the cattle are thirstin' for rain
It's also true they say on the 3.10 to Yuma
A man may meet his fate
For fate travels ev'rywhere
Though you've got no reason to go there
And there ain't a soul that you know there
When the 3.10 to Yuma whistles its sad refrain
Take that train (Take that train)
Take that train
So when you take the train called the 3.10 to Yuma
And leave the things you love
You leave with a silent prayer (Silent prayer)
Though you've got no reason to go there
And there ain't a soul that you know there
When the 3.10 to Yuma whistles its sad refrain
Take that train
Take that train
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Alternate version (not used for the film soundtrack)
I want to ride again on the 3.10 to Yuma
That's where I saw my love, the girl with the golden hair
Not a word between us was spoken
No, the silence never was broken
But before she left, her eyes said a sad goodbye
Sad am I, sad am I
To think of the chance that I missed
I could cry, I could cry
I want to ride again on the 3.10 to Yuma
And I can meet my love and tell her how much I care
Though I have no reason to go there
And there's not a soul that I know there
When the 3.10 to Yuma leaves
If I have the fare
I'll be there
I'll be there.
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2008)
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(Unconfirmed source)
3.10 TO YUMA
(Ned Washington / George Duning)
Sandy Denny - 1967
There is a lonely train called the 3.10 to Yuma
And it's the only train left for me to ride on
I'll catch that lonely train called the 3.10 to Yuma
I'll get my ticket now for my last time
They say the life of man is made up of four seasons
And springtime finds him young and planting his grain
And then the summer comes bringing warm rains of reason
And time to reap his crop of heartache and pain
The winter comes, finds him snow-cropped and laden
He has been humbled now, walking into the rain
But the rains of death never fall from the cloudless skies of Yuma
Time stand still for those on that 3.10 train
There is a lonely train called the 3.10 to Yuma
And it's the only train left for me to ride on
I'll catch that lonely train called the 3.10 to Yuma
I'll get my ticket now for my last time
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3:10 TO YUMA
Frankie Lane (v.2 - unconfirmed)
I want to ride again on the 3.10 to Yuma.
That's where I saw my love, the girl with the golden hair.
Not a word between us was spoken. No, the silence never was broken.
But before she left, her eyes said a sad goodbye.
Sad am I,
To think of the chance that I missed.
I could cry,
To think of the lips left unkissed.
Perhaps we’ll ride again on the 3.10 to Yuma,
And then I’ll see my love and tell her how much I care.
Though I have no reason to go there,
And there's not a soul that I know there,
When the 3.10 to Yuma leaves,
If I have the fare,
I’ll be there,
I’ll be there.
(Contributed by Graham C. - March 2011)
