they passed a pendolino
The train was almost silent as Euston slipped away,
and the houses and great walls slid past, wearing bricks of London clay
then the factories trotted by, with a bold increasing stride
lorries waiting at the gate, workers busying inside
now the barometric buffeting, as tunnels fluffeled past
and pylons queuing up ahead, first slow, then very fast
then the whistle called to Milton Keynes and it rushed out to the train
and some got on and some got off, then it moved away again
the fields passed rather quickly in shades of brown and green
some home to sheep or cattle with hedges in between
soon Rugby came to greet us and it stopped beside our train
and some got on and some got off then it shuffled off again
and trees marched by as the town moved away, waving as they did
and the shiny tracks beside our train, wobbled as they slid
then canal boats travelled past us at 100 knots I'd bet
with barely any bow wave, to make the tow-path wet
Crewe came hurtling to us, slowing down to stop outside
and some got off and some got on, for this portion of the ride
now the fields were home to horses, as Chester came in sight
and soon it slipped beside our train, where we could all alight.