Eddy Arnold - Wabash Cannonball lyrics

From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore From the queen of flowin' mountains to the south bells by the shore She's mighty tall and handsome and known quite well by all She's the combination of the Wabash Cannonball Listen to the jingle the rumble and the roar As she glides along the woodland through the hills and by the shore Hear the mighty rush of the engine hear that lonesome hoboes call You're trav'ling through the jungle on the Wabash Cannonball She came down from Birmingham one cold December day As she rolled into the station you could hear 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 [ guitar ] Here's to daddy Claxton may his name forever stand And always be remembered in the courts 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 Listen to the jingle...