Wreck Of The Old '97 (G, 4/4)

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Oh they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia saying
Steve, you are way behind time.
This is not thirty-eight but it's Old '97.
You've got to put her into Spencer on time.

Well he turned and he said to his black and greasy fireman
Just shovel on a little more coal.
And when we cross that white oak mountain
You can watch Old '97 roll.

It's a mighty rough road between Lynchburg and Danville
On a line on a three mile grade.
It was on this grade that he lost his air brakes.
You can see what a jump that he made.

He was coming down that grade making ninety miles an hour
When his whistle broke into a scream.
They found him in the wreck with his hand on the throttle.
He was scalded to death by the steam.

The telegram came from the Lynchburg station
And this is what it said.
That daring engineer who ran old '97
Is lying near Danville dead.

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