Wreck Of The Old '97 lyrics
Song information
Artist: Johnny Cash Album: At San Quentin
Lyrics
Well they gave him his orders at monroe, virginia Said: "steve, you're way behind time "This is not 38, this is ol' 97 "Put her into spencer on time."
Then he turned around and said to his black, greasy fireman "Shovel on a little more coal "And when we cross that white oak mountain "Watch ol' '97 roll."
And then a telegram come from washington station This is how it read: "Oh that brave engineer that run ol 97 "Is lyin in old danville dead."
'Cos he was going down a grade making 90 miles an hour The whistle broke into a scream He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle Scalded to death by the steam
One more time!
Oh, now all you ladies you'd better take a warning From this time on and learn Never speak hard words to your true-lovin' husband He may leave you and never return Poor boy
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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