Johnny Cash - Wabash Cannonball lyrics

(A.P. Carter - William Kindt) From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore She climbs a flowery mountains for the hills and by the shore She's mighty tall and handsome she's known quite well by all She's a regular combination on the Wabash Cannonball Listen to the jingle hear the rumble and the roar As she glides along the woodland over hills and by the shore Hear the mighty rush of the engine hear the lonesome hoboes call Trav'ling through the jungle on the Wabash Cannonball [ ac.guitar ] She came down from Birmingham one cold December day As she pulled into the station you could hear all the people say She's from Tennessee she's long and she's tall She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball Listen to the jingle... [ dobro ] Here's to daddy Claxton may his name forever stand And always be remembered in the ports throughout the land His earthly race is over and the curtains round him fall We'll carry him home to Dixie on the Wabash Cannonball Listen to the jingle...