Recorded by Hank Snow Written by Charles Noell, Fred Lewey and Whitter/Work Monroe, Virginia, Sayin', time This is 97 You must time." Then he look around and said to his black, greasy fireman "Just shovel on a little more coal And when we cross that White Oak Mountain You can watch Old 97 roll." Fiddle break: It's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville In a line on a three-mile grade It was on that grade that he lost his airbrakes Oh, you see what a jump he made. Guitar break: He was goin' down grade making 90 miles an hour When his whistle broke into a scream He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle And was scalded to death by the steam. Fiddle break: Now ladies, you must take warning >From this time on and learn Never speak harsh words to your true love or husband He may leave you and never return. Source: HANK SNOW - THE WRECK OF THE OLD 97 1971 RCA CXS 9009(e)
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