For the Queen's Silver Jubilee a convoy of twelve silver vehicles left the Royal Marines base in Deal bound for the Nilgiri Hills (Blue Mountains) of South India in response to an invitation from the people of Ooty to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of the Head of the Commonwealth. This was Comex 8, which followed an itinerary agreed in advance with governments en route including Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was in Baghdad that the convoy, escorted all the way by outriders from the Syrian-Iraqi border, was dubbed The Silver Train. Mary Abendroth was a member of the Silver Train, and together with her husband Paul Wilson and the Folk Music Ensemble in Minnesota (Mary - vocal, Paul - vocal and guitars, Sarah Anderson – bass, and Arnold Anderson – whistle) recorded Silver Train on behalf of the United States of America. The contrasting version is by The Chase High School.

Mary Abendroth

Hear the engines roaring, as they drive the wheels a-rolling

And the radios crackle crisply in the air.

The light beams up and flashing brightly through the landscape passing,

And the horns alerted start to toot and blare.

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 Silver Train on lonely highway

 Silver train, silver train.

 Silver Train on sun-parched desert

 Silver train, silver train.

 Silver Train on snow-capped mountain

 Silver train, silver train.

 Silver Train through flooding water

 Silver train, silver train.

Let it storm and let it thunder, there's a reason and no wonder,

For the devil's army marches in the night.

The rain will wash the blackness and the lightning light the darkness

Till the sun comes up to put the night to flight.

Chorus

The miles have gone behind us, far away but still remind us

That some journeys have a beginning, but no end.

'Til that final destination, every man and every nation

Learns to call his wayside brother, blessed friend.

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