Wreck of the Old '97

Song Wreck of the Old '97
Artist Hank Williams III
Album Long Gone Daddy

Lyrics

Well, they gave him his orders at
Monroe, Virginiasaid, "Steve you're way behind time.This is not Thirty-Eight; this is old Ninety-Seven,so put her into Spencer on time."
Then he turned and said to his black, greasy fireman"Shovel on a little more coaland when we cross that White Oak Mountain,watch old Ninety-Seven roll"
And then the telegram came from
Washington stationand this is how it read:"Oh that brave engineer that ran old Ninety-Sevenis lying in old Danville dead"'
Cause he was going down the grade makin' ninety miles an hourwhen the whistle broke into a scream
He was found in the wreck, with his hand on the throttle,scalded to death by the steam
Now all you ladies you better take warnin'from this time on and learn
Never speak harsh words to a true lovin' husbandhe may leave you and never return'board 'board
Yodel-ay-hee hee hee hee hee hee