The Wreck of the Old '97-Hank Snow

[ti:The Wreck OF The Old '97] [ar:Hank Snow] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Wreck OF The Old '97 - Hank Snow [00:08.25]They gave him his orders a [00:10.24]T Monroe Virginia sayin' [00:11.98]Steve you're way behind time This is not 38 [00:16.87]But that's old 97 you must put her [00:19.86]In Spencer on time [00:21.56] [00:22.28]Then he looked round [00:23.41]And said to his black greasy fireman [00:25.83]Just shovel on a little more coal [00:29.24]And when we cross that [00:31.44]White Oak Mountain you can watch old 97 roll [00:36.04] [00:51.33]It's a mighty rough road from [00:52.97]Lynchburg to Danville [00:54.62]With a line on a three mile grade [00:57.77]It was on that grade [00:59.55]Where he lost his airbrakes so you see [01:02.20]What a jump he made [01:03.99] [01:19.21]He was goin' down the grade making [01:21.21]Ninety miles an hour [01:22.82]When his whistle broke into a scream [01:26.01]He was found in the wreck [01:27.95]With his hand on the throttle [01:29.74]A scalded to death by the steam [01:32.76] [01:47.59]Now ladies you must all take a warning [01:51.47]From this time on and learn [01:54.53]Never speak harsh words to [01:56.49]Your true lovin' husband [01:58.22]He may leave you and never return