Wabash Cannonball Lyrics - Hank Williams Jr.

I grew up in Decatur, IL; the Cannonball (which was an actual train that went from Detroit to St. Louis and on to Kansas City) went by my house! Also, I have the original 10" LP by Roy Acuff with this song. Here is how it goes. 

WABASH CANNONBALL 

From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore 

From the green New Hampshire mountains to the southland's cajun lore 

She's mighty tall and handsome 

And loved by one and all 

She's the combination 

Called the Wabash Cannonball 

Chorus: 

Oh listen to the jingle 

The rumble and the roar 

As she glides along the woodlands 

Through the hills and by the shore 

Hear the mighty rush of her engine 

Hear that lonesome hobo's call 

We're travelling through the jungles 

On the Wabash Cannonball 

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Your eastern states are dandies 

So the people always say 

From New York to St. Louis 

And Chicago by the way 

Through the hills of Minnesota 

Where the rippling waters fall 

No changes can be taken 

On the Wabash Cannonball 

Chorus 

Here's to Daddy Klaxton 

May his name forever stand 

And alwyas be remembered 

Through the courts of Alabam' 

His earthly race is over 

The curtains 'round him fall 

We'll carry him on to Glory 

On the Wabash Cannonball 

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Chorus 

She pulled in to the station one cold December day 

As she rolled up to the platform you could hear all the people say 

There's a gal from Tennessee; she's long and she's tall 

She came down from Birmingham 

on the Wabash Cannonball 

Chorus