Wabash Cannonball Lyrics - Ernest Tubb

From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore 

From the queen of flowing mountains to the southbelt by the shore 

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 rolled into the station you could hear all the people say 

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

She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball 

Ah buddy now - [ steel ] 

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 that Wabash Cannonball 

Here's to daddy Claxton may his name forever stand 

And always be remembered round the ports of Alabam 

His earthly race is over and the curtains round him fall 

We'll carry him home to Vict'ry on the Wabash Cannonball 

[ guitar ] 

Now 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 those lonesome hobo squall 

You're trav'ling through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball