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Well, they gave him his orders at |
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Monroe, Virginia |
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Said, "Steve, you're way behind timeThis is not 38, this is Old 97Put her into Spencer on time" |
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Then he turned around and said to his black, greasy fireman"Shovel on a little more coalAnd when we cross that White Oak MountainWatch Old 97 roll" |
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And then a telegram come from |
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Washington station |
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This is how it read"Oh that brave engineer that run Old 97Is lyin' in old Danville dead"' |
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Cause he was going down a grade making 90 miles an hour |
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The whistle broke into a scream |
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He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle |
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Scalded to death by the steam |
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One more time |
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Oh, now all you ladies you'd better take a warning |
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From this time on and learn |
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Never speak hard words to your true-lovin' husband |
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He may leave you and never return, poor boy |
