《The Wreck Of The Old ’97》歌词

歌曲： The Wreck Of The Old ’97

所属专辑：Blues Legend

歌手： Pink Anderson

时长： 04:42

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The Wreck Of The Old '97 - Pink Anderson[00:00:00]

Written by：Henry Clay Work[00:00:00]

On the 29th day of one November morning[00:00:03]

When the cloud was hangin' low[00:00:10]

97 pulled out from Washington city[00:00:17]

Like an arrow shot from the bow[00:00:23]

97 was the fastest mail train[00:00:29]

The south had ever seen[00:00:36]

And it run from New York by the way of Washington[00:00:42]

Through Atlanta down in New Orlean[00:00:48]

I was standing on the mount one cold and frosty morning[00:00:54]

Watching the smoke from below[00:01:01]

That were comin' from the funnel of that black and dusty engine[00:01:06]

Way down up on that Southern road[00:01:13]

It was 97 the fastest mail train[00:01:19]

That run the Southern line[00:01:25]

And when she pulled in at Lynchburg Virginia[00:01:31]

She was forty-seven minutes behind[00:01:37]

Steve Brady he was an engineerah[00:01:43]

And a very brave man was he[00:01:50]

Well there're many good men have lost their life[00:01:55]

For the railroad company[00:02:02]

When they give him his orders at Monroe Virginia[00:02:08]

Said Steve you's way behind[00:02:14]

This is not 38 but it's old 97[00:02:20]

You must put her in Spencer on time[00:02:26]

Steve he smiled when he said to his black and dusty fireman[00:02:32]

Throw me in a little more coal[00:02:39]

And as soon as we cross this White Oak Mountain[00:02:44]

You can watch my driver roll[00:02:50]

It was mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville[00:02:56]

The line on a 3-mile grade[00:03:02]

It were on that hill where he lost his average[00:03:08]

You can see what a jump he made[00:03:14]

Steve come down that hill makin' 90 miles an hour[00:03:20]

His whistle began to scream[00:03:27]

Steve was found in the wreck with his hand upon the throttle[00:03:32]

And scalded to death by the steam[00:03:39]

Steve he had a little wife and also two children[00:03:45]

Who were lyin' at home in bed[00:03:51]

They received the sad message saying husband and father[00:03:57]

Now'm is lyin' in North Danville dead[00:04:03]

Now ladies you ought to let this be a warning[00:04:09]

This from now and on[00:04:16]

Never speak hard words to your true lovin' husband[00:04:21]

They may leave you and never return[00:04:28]