Johnny Cash - The Wreck of the Old ’97 lyrics
[Johnny Cash - The Wreck of the Old ’97 lyrics]
They gave him his orders at Monroe Virginia
Saying Steve you're way behind time
This is not 38 this is old 97
You must put her into Spencer on time
He turned around and said to
His black greasy fireman
"Shovel on a little more coal
And when we cross that White Old Mountain
Watch old 97 roll"
And then a telegram came
To Washington station this is how it read:
It said
"That brave engineer that has run old 97
Is lying down in Danville, dead"
He was going down the grade
Making 90 miles an hour
His whistle broke into a scream
He was found in the wreck with
His hand on the throttle
Scalded to death by the steam
So now all you pretty ladies
You better take a warning
From this time on and learn
Don't you speak hard words to
Your true lover husband
He may leave you and never return
Saying Steve you're way behind time
This is not 38 this is old 97
You must put her into Spencer on time
He turned around and said to
His black greasy fireman
"Shovel on a little more coal
And when we cross that White Old Mountain
Watch old 97 roll"
And then a telegram came
To Washington station this is how it read:
It said
"That brave engineer that has run old 97
Is lying down in Danville, dead"
He was going down the grade
Making 90 miles an hour
His whistle broke into a scream
He was found in the wreck with
His hand on the throttle
Scalded to death by the steam
So now all you pretty ladies
You better take a warning
From this time on and learn
Don't you speak hard words to
Your true lover husband
He may leave you and never return