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