From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore From the queen of flowin mountains to the south bells by the shore Shes mighty tall and handsome and known quite well by all Shes the combination of 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 that lonesome hoboes call Youre travling through the jungle on the Wabash Cannonball She came down from Birmingham one cold December day As she rolled into the station you could hear the people say Theres a girl from Tennessee shes long and shes tall She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball [ guitar ] Heres to daddy Claxton may his name forever stand And always be remembered in the courts of Alabam His earthly race is over and the curtains round him fall Well carry him home to Victry on the Wabash Cannonball Listen to the jingle...
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