Wabash Cannonball Lyrics

The song Wabash Cannonball is performed by Doc Watson in the album named Memories in the year 1993 .



From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore
From the green old flowing mountains to the south down along the shore
She's mighty tall and handsome, she's known quite well by all
The regular combination on that Wabash Cannonball

Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland o'er the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome hobo's call
As you ramble across the country on that Wabash Cannonball

Well, the eastern states are dandy, most people always say
From New York to St. Louis and old Chicago by the way
To the hills of Minnesota where them rippling waters fall
No changes need be taken on that Wabash Cannonball

Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland o'er the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome hobo's call
As you ramble across the country on that Wabash Cannonball

Here's to Daddy Claxton, may his name forever stand
In the hills of Tennessee many places throughout the land
When his earthly race are over and them curtains 'round him fall
[Incomprehensible] him back to Dixie on that Wabash Cannonball

We came down to Nashville on a warm November day
As we rolled into that station I heard somebody say
There's a boy from Carolina, they're wide and fat and tall
They came down to pick us a few, they rode the Wabash Cannonball

Listen to that jingle, the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland o'er hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear the lonesome hobo's call
As you ramble across the country on that Wabash Cannonball




Doc Watson - Memories

Oct 1993

  1. Rambling Hobo
  2. Shady Grove
  3. Wake Up, Little Maggie
  4. Peartree
  5. Keep On The Sunny Side
  6. Double File and Salt Creek
  7. Curly Headed Baby
  8. Miss The Mississippi and You
  9. Wabash Cannonball
  10. My Rose Of Old Kentucky
  11. Blues Stay Away From Me
  12. Walkin' Boss
  13. Make Me A Pallet (Fix Me A Pallet)
  14. In The Jailhouse Now
  15. Steel Guitar Rag
  16. Hang Your Head In Shame
  17. You Don't Know My Mind
  18. Moody River
  19. Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
  20. Columbus Stockade Blues
  21. Mama Don't Allow No Music
  22. Thoughts Of Never


Wabash Cannonball