The Wreck Of Old '97 Lyrics

The song The Wreck Of Old '97 is performed by Johnny Cash in the album named The Great Lost Performance in the year 2007 .



Well they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia,
Said: "Steve, you're way behind time,
"This is not 38, this is Ol' 97,
"Put her into Spencer on time."

Then he turned around and said to his black, greasy fireman,
"Shovel on a little more coal.
"And when we cross that White Oak mountain,
"Watch Ol' '97 roll."

And then a telegram come from Washington station,
This is how it read:
"Oh that brave engineer that run ol 97,
"Is lyin in old Danville dead."

'Cos he was going down a grade making 90 miles an hour,
The whistle broke into a scream.
He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle,
Scalded to death by the steam.

One more time!

Oh, now all you ladies you'd better take a warning,
From this time on and learn.
Never speak hard words to your true-lovin' husband.
He may leave you and never return.
Poor Boy.




Johnny Cash - The Great Lost Performance

Jul 2007

  1. Ring Of Fire
  2. Life's Railway To Heaven
  3. A Wonderful Time Up There
  4. Folsom Prison Blues
  5. Sunday Morning Coming Down
  6. What Is Man
  7. Forty Shades Of Green
  8. Come Along And Ride This Train
  9. Five Feet High And Rising
  10. Pickin' Time
  11. A Beautiful Day
  12. Hey Porter
  13. Ragged Old Flag
  14. Tennessee Flat Top Box
  15. Ghost Riders In The Sky
  16. Jackson
  17. The Wreck Of Old '97
  18. I Walk The Line


The Wreck Of Old '97