https://youtube/watch?v=6yhvv234oaA Day #18 of 1930s Month: Wabash Cannon Ball by Roy Acuff. Released as a single in 1936 The Wabash Cannonball is an American folk song about a fictional train, thought to have originated in the late nineteenth century. Its first documented appearance was on sheet music published in 1882, titled The Great Rock Island Route and credited to J. A. Roff. “From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shore From the queen of flowing mountains to the Southbell by the shore Shes mighty tall and handsome and known quite well by all Shes a combination on the Wabash Cannonball She came down from Birmingham one cold December day As she rolled into the station you could hear all the people say Theres a girl from Tennessee, shes long and shes tall She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball Our eastern states are dandy so the people always say From New York to St. Louis and Chicago by the way From the hills of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall No changes can be taken on the Wabash Cannonball Heres to daddy Claxton may his name forever stand And always be remembered round the courts of Alabam His earthly race is over and the curtains round him fall Well carry home to victory on the Wabash Cannonball Listen to the jingle the rumble and the roar As she glides along the woodland through the hills and by the shore Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome people call Youre travelin through the jungle on the Wabash Cannonball...”
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 03:10:50 +0000
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