The Wabash Cannonball – J. A. Roff / William Kindt
From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore
She climbs the flowery mountain to the hills down by the shore
She's mighty tall and handsome and known quite well by all
She's the combination on the Wabash Cannonball
Chorus
Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland to the hills down by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine hear that lonesome hobo’s call
Traveling through the jungle on the Wabash Cannonball
She came down from Birmingham one cold December day
As she pulled into the station you could hear all the people say
Here’s that girl from Tennessee she's long and she's tall
She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball
Chorus and Break
Now the Western states are dandy so the Southern people say
From Chicago and St Louis and Peoria by the way
To the lakes of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall
No chances can be taken on the Wabash Cannonball
Chorus
Now here's to daddy Claxton may his name forever stand
And always be remembered in the courts throughout the land
His earthly race is over and the curtains round him fall
We'll take him home to Dixie on the Wabash Cannonball
Chorus, Break and Chorus
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