Southern Cannon-Ball-Jimmie Rodgers

[ti:Southern Cannon Ball] [ar:Jimmie Rodgers] [al:Jimmie Rodgers Selected Favorites, Vol. 5] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Southern Cannon-Ball - Jimmie Rodgers [00:18.55]Oh I had to quit rail rollin' it didn't agree at all [00:24.89]There was always nothing wrong [00:27.51]With the Southern Cannon ball [00:30.72]I once loved a maiden she was fair and tall [00:36.62]Her pa he was the engineer on the Southern Cannon ball [00:43.04] [00:43.92]She promised that she would wed me [00:46.79]And married month of June [00:49.86]And go to the magic island to spend our honey moon [00:55.51] [01:12.92]At last my dreams were shattered [01:15.77]When she put me off of the stall [01:18.95]She said the whistle was broken [01:21.47]On the Southern Cannon ball [01:26.04]I loved this girl so dearly [01:28.89]So I fixed the whistle back [01:32.10]The next thing she told me [01:34.66]Was the cabooses off of the track [01:51.91]But days and nights a labored [01:55.05]To get this back with a train [01:58.09]All was ready for the high ball [02:00.68]The bell refused to ring [02:03.86] [02:09.50]I fixed the bell in a jiffy [02:12.20]And I called the preacher done [02:15.25]Who married us in the old box car [02:18.05]For the train refused to run