Wreck of the Old '97 Lyrics

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 - I Walk the Line

Apr 2006

1. Ring of Fire
2. Big River
3. Boy Named Sue
4. City of New Orleans
5. Rock Island Line
6. Highwayman
7. Long Black Veil
8. Folsom Prison Blues
9. I Got Stripes
10. I Still Miss Someone
11. Without Love
12. Any Old Wind That Blows
13. Forty Shades of Green
14. Fourth Man
15. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
16. And Ride This Train
17. Five Feet High and Rising
18. Hey Porter
19. Wreck of the Old '97
20. Pickin Times
21. These Hands
22. No Setting Sun
23. Busted
24. Tennessee Flat-Top Box
25. Ragged Old Flag
26. Ballad of Ira Hayes
27. Riders in the Sky
28. Far Side Banks of Jordan
29. Gospel Boogie
30. Oh Come Angel Band
31. Baron
32. Don't Take Your Guns to Town
33. Wall
34. Cry Cry Cry
35. Goodbye Little Darlin'
36. Help Me
37. Sixteen Tons
38. Get Rhythm
39. Jackson
40. If I Were a Carpenter
41. Orange Blossom Special
42. Sunday Morning Coming Down
43. Casey Jones
44. Peace in the Valley
45. I Walk the Line