Wreck of Old '97 (Live)-Boxcar Willie

[ti:Wreck Of The Olf '97] [ar:Boxcar Willie] [al:The Best Of Boxcar Willie] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Wreck of Old '97 (Live) - Boxcar Willie [00:15.15]Well they gave him his orders in Munroe Virginia [00:18.96]Saying "Steve you're a way behind time [00:22.83]This is not 38 but it's old 97 [00:26.57]You must put her into Spencer on time" [00:29.79] [00:30.54]Well he turned to the black greasy fireman and said [00:34.30]"Just shovel on a little more coal [00:37.51] [00:38.10]And when we cross that wide open mountain [00:41.72]You can watch old 97 roll" [00:45.02] [01:00.55]It's a long long way from Danville to Lynchburg [01:04.40]Got a line near the three mile grade [01:06.64] [01:07.99]It was on that grade that he lost his air breaks [01:11.76]You could see what a jump that he made [01:15.65]He was going down the grade doing 90 miles an hour [01:19.25]When the whistle broke into a scream [01:23.09]He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle [01:26.74]And scalded to death by the steam [01:30.18] [01:46.00]Well a telegram came to Washington station [01:49.51]And this is what it read [01:52.57] [01:53.20]"Oh that brave engineer that runs old 97 [01:57.01]Well he's lying in old Danville dead" [02:01.21]Now come on you ladies and from me take warning [02:04.68]And from this day on you must learn [02:07.96] [02:08.51]Never speak harsh words to your kind hearted husband [02:12.05]He may leave you and never return