As performed by the Smokey River Boys
Traditional Hobo Ballad [Public Domain]
Written By: Theodore Dreiser [Public Domain]
© Arrangement Copyright By:
Robert Metzgar (ASCAP)
Verse Number One:
From the great Atlantic Ocean
To the wide Pacific shore
To the queen of flowing mountains
To the southbell by the door
She's long and tall and handsome
And loved by one and all
She's a modern combination
Called the Wabash Cannonball
The Chorus:
Oh listen to the jingle
The rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodlands
Through the hills and by the shores
Hear the mighty rush of engines
Hear the lonesome hobos' call
We're travelling through the jungles
On the Wabash Cannonball
Verse Number Two:
The eastern states are dandies
So the western people say
From New York to St. Louis
And Chicago by the way
Through the hills of Minnesota
Where the rippling waters fall
No chances can be taken
On the Wabash Cannonball
Repeat The Chorus:
Oh listen to the jingle
The rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodlands
Through the hills and by the shores
Hear the mighty rush of engines
Hear the lonesome hobos' call
We're traveling through the jungles
On the Wabash Cannonball
Verse Number Three:
Here's to Daddy Klaxton
May his name forever stand
And always be remembered
Through the courts throughout the land
His earthly race is over
Now the curtains 'round him fall
We'll carry him home to victory
On the Wabash Cannonball!
The Smokey River Boys
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