Wreck Of The Old '97

Well, they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia
 said, "Steve you're way behind time.
 This is not Thirty-Eight; this is old Ninety-Seven,
 so put her into Spencer on time."
 Then he turned and said to his black, greasy fireman
 "Shovel on a little more coal
 and when we cross that White Oak Mountain,
 watch old Ninety-Seven roll"
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 And then the telegram came from Washington station
 and this is how it read:
 "Oh that brave engineer that ran old Ninety-Seven
 is lying in old Danville dead"
 'Cause he was going down the grade makin' ninety miles an hour
 when the whistle broke into a scream
 He was found in the wreck, with his hand on the throttle,
 scalded to death by the steam
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 Now all you ladies you better take warnin'
 from this time on and learn
 Never speak harsh words to a true lovin' husband
 he may leave you and never return
 'board 'board
 Yodel-ay-hee hee hee hee hee hee