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Wreck Of The Old '97 lyrics
Well, they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia
Said, "Steve, you're way behind time
This is not 38, this is Old 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 Old 97 roll"
And then a telegram come from Washington station
This is how it read
"Oh that brave engineer that run Old 97
Is lyin' in old Danville dead"
'Cause 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
Part of these releases
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- Track 19 on Rock Island Line
- 18 I Was There When It Happened
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- Track 3 on All Aboard the Blue Train
- 2 So Doggone Lonesome
- 4 Give My Love To Rose
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- Track 10 on Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar
- 9 I Walk The Line
- 11 Folsom Prison Blues
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- Track 4 on Country Classics
- 3 I Still Miss Someone
- 5 Understand Your Man
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- Track 10 on Johnny Cash - Legend
- 9 I Walk The Line
- 11 Folsom Prison Blues
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- Track 4 on Johnny Cash
- 3 Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
- 3 Oh, Lonesome Me
- 5 A Boy Named Sue
- 5 Train Of Love
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