Wreck of the Old '97-Vernon Dalhart/The Vel-Aires

[ti:Wreck of the Old '97] [ar:Vernon Dalhart/The Vel-Aires] [al:Songs for the Departed: Music About Death 1914-1960, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Wreck of the Old '97 - Vernon Dalhart/The Vel-Aires [00:40.56]They gave him his orders [00:42.04] [00:42.60]At monroe virginia [00:43.83] [00:44.38]Sayin' pete you're way behind time [00:47.11] [00:48.98]This is not '38 but its old '97 [00:52.42] [00:53.50]You must put her into spencer on time [00:56.07] [00:57.53]He looked round an' said [00:59.53]To his black greasy fireman [01:01.04] [01:01.93]Jus' shove on in a lil' more coal [01:04.30] [01:06.00]And when we cross that wide old mountain [01:09.63] [01:10.44]You can watch old '97 roll [01:13.19] [01:33.44]It's a mighty rough road [01:35.05] [01:35.61]From lynchburg to danville [01:37.78]In a line on a three mile grade [01:40.36] [01:42.01]It was on that grade [01:44.01]That he lost his airbrake [01:46.27]And you see what a jump he made [01:48.89] [02:07.20]He was goin' down the grade [02:09.16]Makin' ninety miles an hour [02:10.81] [02:11.40]When his whistle broke into a scream [02:14.36] [02:15.71]He was found in the wreck [02:17.12] [02:17.77]With his hand on the throttle [02:19.31] [02:19.87]And a scalded to death by the steam [02:22.79] [02:24.46]Now ladies you must take warnin' [02:28.06] [02:28.70]From this time now and on [02:31.47] [02:32.90]Never speak harsh words [02:35.02]To your true love and husband [02:36.93] [02:37.50]He may leave you and never return