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Noel Parlane - Wreck Of The Old 97 lyrics

Artist: Noel Parlane

album: Old Time Country Music


They give him his orders at Monroe, Virginia
Sayin', "Steve, you're way behind time
This is not 38, that is old 97
You must put her in Spencer on time"
Then he looked around and said to his wide, greasy fireman
"Just shovel on a little more coal
And when we cross that wide open mountain
You can watch old 97 roll"
♪
It's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville
When I'm lyin' on a three-mile grade
It was on that grade where he lost his airbrakes
Oh, you see what a jump he made
He was goin' down the grade makin' 90 miles an hour
When his whistle broke into a scream
He was found in the wreck, with his hand on the throttle
And was scalded to death by the steam
♪
Now, ladies, you must all take a warnin'
From this time on and learn
Never speak harsh words to your true-lover husband
He may leave you and never return

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