wabash cannonball

traditional american song

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lyrics:
from the great atlantic ocean
the wide pacific shore
from the green and flowering mountains
to the south belt by the shore
she's mighty tall and handsome
and known quite well by all
she's a modern combination
called the wabash cannonball

chorus:
oh listen to the jingle
the rumble and the roar
as she glides along the woodlands
over the hills and by the shores
hear the mighty rush of the engines
hear the lonsome hobos' call
we're travelling through the jungles
on the wabash cannonball

the eastern states are dandies
so the western people say
from new york to chicago
and rock island by the way
from hills of minnesota
where the rippling waters fall
no chances to be taken
on the wabash cannonball

chorus

i rode the i.c. limited
also the royal blue
across the eastern counties
on the elkhorn number two
i rode these highball trains
from coast to coast and that's all
but I have found no equal
to the wabash cannonball

chorus

here's to daddy klaxton
may his name forever be
always be remembered
in the ports of tennessee
his earthly race is over now
the curtains 'round him fall
we'll carry him home to victory
on the wabash cannonball

chorus