- Lyrics
- Album list
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
-
The Wreck of the Old '97
Lester Flatt feat. Earl Scruggs
Well they gave him his orders at Monroe Virginia Saying Steve you're way behind time Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com This is not 38 but it's old 97 you must put her into Spencer on time Well he turned around and said to his fireman shovel in a little more coal And when we cross this big White Mountain we'll watch old 97 roll [ dobro ] It's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville and a line on a three mile grade It's on that grade that he lost his airbrakes you see what a jump he made They were goin' down the grade makin' 90 miles an hour When his whistle broke into a scream He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle A scalded to death by the steam [ fiddle ] Then the telegram come to Washington city and this is how it read The brave engineer that run old 97 he's a laying in old Danville dead Now all you ladies we take a warning from this time now and learn Never speak harsh words to your true loving husband who may leave you and never return
-
|