Wabash Cannonball Lyrics - Billy Walker

From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore 

From the queen of flowing mountains to the south bells 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 hobo's call 

Traveling through the Dixie 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 

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

And always be remembered in the ports of Alabama 

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 [unverified]