The Wreck Of The Old '97-Pink Anderson

[ti:The Wreck Of The Old '97] [ar:Pink Anderson] [al:Blues Legend] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.40]The Wreck Of The Old '97 - Pink Anderson [00:00.70]Written by：Henry Clay Work [00:01.09] [00:03.71]On the 29th day of one November morning [00:09.77] [00:10.68]When the cloud was hangin' low [00:14.75] [00:17.04]97 pulled out from Washington city [00:22.89] [00:23.45]Like an arrow shot from the bow [00:27.82] [00:29.44]97 was the fastest mail train [00:35.44] [00:36.23]The south had ever seen [00:39.94] [00:42.04]And it run from New York by the way of Washington [00:47.97] [00:48.49]Through Atlanta down in New Orlean [00:52.30] [00:54.48]I was standing on the mount one cold and frosty morning [01:00.28] [01:01.54]Watching the smoke from below [01:05.30] [01:06.94]That were comin' from the funnel of that black and dusty engine [01:12.68] [01:13.27]Way down up on that Southern road [01:17.28] [01:19.33]It was 97 the fastest mail train [01:24.97] [01:25.80]That run the Southern line [01:30.01] [01:31.59]And when she pulled in at Lynchburg Virginia [01:37.12] [01:37.82]She was forty-seven minutes behind [01:42.69] [01:43.67]Steve Brady he was an engineerah [01:49.72] [01:50.28]And a very brave man was he [01:54.51] [01:55.97]Well there're many good men have lost their life [02:01.55] [02:02.11]For the railroad company [02:07.08] [02:08.20]When they give him his orders at Monroe Virginia [02:13.84] [02:14.48]Said Steve you's way behind [02:18.81] [02:20.36]This is not 38 but it's old 97 [02:26.06] [02:26.71]You must put her in Spencer on time [02:30.92] [02:32.39]Steve he smiled when he said to his black and dusty fireman [02:38.00] [02:39.28]Throw me in a little more coal [02:42.55] [02:44.49]And as soon as we cross this White Oak Mountain [02:50.10] [02:50.63]You can watch my driver roll [02:55.34] [02:56.31]It was mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville [03:02.22] [03:02.84]The line on a 3-mile grade [03:06.92] [03:08.43]It were on that hill where he lost his average [03:14.16] [03:14.79]You can see what a jump he made [03:19.02] [03:20.39]Steve come down that hill makin' 90 miles an hour [03:26.69] [03:27.34]His whistle began to scream [03:31.52] [03:32.87]Steve was found in the wreck with his hand upon the throttle [03:39.31]And scalded to death by the steam [03:43.63] [03:45.04]Steve he had a little wife and also two children [03:50.89] [03:51.57]Who were lyin' at home in bed [03:55.91] [03:57.41]They received the sad message saying husband and father [04:02.99] [04:03.62]Now'm is lyin' in North Danville dead [04:08.32] [04:09.66]Now ladies you ought to let this be a warning [04:15.31] [04:16.58]This from now and on [04:20.49] [04:21.98]Never speak hard words to your true lovin' husband [04:28.34]They may leave you and never return