Billy Walker Wabash Cannonball Lyrics

Wabash Cannonball Lyrics

From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore



From the queen of flowing mountains to the southbells by the moor



She's mighty tall and handsome and known quite well by all



She's the combination 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



There's a gal from Tennessee she's long and she's tall



She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball



Listen to the jingle the rumble and the roar



As she glides along the woodlands through the hills and by the shore



Hear the mighty rush of the engine hear that lonesome hoboe's call



Trav'ling through the Dixie on the Wabash Cannonball



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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 Minnesotta where the wrippling waters fall



No changes can be taken on the Wabash Cannonball



So here's to daddy Claxton may his name forever stand



And always be remembered in the ports of Alabam



His earthly race is over and the curtains round him fall



We'll carry him home to Victory on the Wabash Cannonball



Now listen to the jingle...