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Well, they give him his orders from Monroe, Virginia
"Steve, you're way behind time
It's not 38, it's the old 97
Bring her into Spencer on time."
Well he turned and said to his black greasy fireman
"Shovel on a little more coal
By they time we hit that White Oak Mountain
Watch that 97 roll."
Here we go!
Well the ... came from Washington Station
This is how it read
"That brave engineer who took old 97
Is laying in Danville dead
Well he went down the grade about ninety miles an hour
His whistle broke into a scream
They found him in the wreck, his hand to the throttle
Scalded to death by the steam"
Ohhh!
Now all you ladies, you better take a warning
This time on and learn
Never speak a harsh word to your good loving husband
Fore he may never return
One more time!
Poor boy!
Written by: B. Johnson, Johnny Cash, N. Blake, R. L. Johnson, Jr.
