Eddy Arnold - Wreck Of The Old '97 lyrics

They gave him his orders at Monroe Virginia Sayin' Steve you're way behind time This is not '38 but this it's old '97 You must put her in Spencer on time He turned around and said to his black greasy fireman Just shovel on a little more coal And when we cross that White Oak Mountain You can watch old 97 roll He was goin' down the grade makin' ninety miles an hour His whistle broke into a scream He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle Scalded to d**h by the steam It's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville With a line on a three mile grade It was on this grade that he lost his air brakes And he see what a jump we made He was goin' down the grade So come on you ladies you must take a warning From this time on and learn Never speak harsh words to your true loving husband He may leave you and never return