Wabash Cannon Ball.

1. From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shore, From the queen of flowing mountains to the balmy southern shores, She's mighty tall and handsome and quite well known by all, For she's the combination of the Wabash Cannon Ball. .

2. Won't-cha listen to the jingle and the rumble and the roar, As she glides along the woodland through the hills and by the shore. Just hear the mighty engine and lonesome hoboes squall While travellin' through the jungles on the Wabash Cannon Ball. .

3. Now the train it is a wonder and it travels mighty fast. It is made of shining silver and it takes off like a blast. You leave Mobile at seven, at eight you reach St Paul, And there's a lonely whistle on the Wabash Cannon Ball. .

4. When she come on down from Memphis on a cold December day, As she rolled into the station you could hear the people say, "Why, there's a girl from Memphis, she's long and she is tall, And she came down from Memphis on the Wabash Cannon Ball". .

5. Here's to hobo Daddy Claxton, may his name forever stand. It'll always be remembered in the courts of Alabam'. His earthly race is over, the curtains round him fall. We'll take him home to vict'ry on the Wabash Cannon Ball. .

6. Now the Eastern folks are dandies, so the Western folks will say, But they never saw the Wabash 'cause it never passed their way. We'll never take a hobo from Boston, big or small, No dandy can be taken on the Wabash Cannon Ball. .

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