Wabash Cannonball (1882) J.A. Roff, A.P. Carter, Roy Acuff, Johnny Cash 4/4 G (8)

G / / C 1. I stood on the Atlantic Ocean, on the wide Pacific shore, saw the

D / / G queen of flowing rivers, mighty mountains by the score. She’s

/ / / long and she’s tall and handsome, yes she’s loved by one and

C D / / G all, she's a modern combination, called the Wabash Cannonball.

G / / C D Chorus: Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar. Riding

/ / G through the woodlands to the hills and by the shore. Hear the

/ / / C D mighty rush of the engine. Hear the lonesome hobo squall, riding

/ / G through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball.

G / / C 2. Now, she came down from Birmingham, one cold December day,

D / / G as she pulled into the station, you could hear all the people say,

/ / / C D as a gal from Tennessee, she’s long and she’s tall, she came

/ / G down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball.

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Wabash Cannonball (cont.) G / / C 3. Now, the eastern states are dandies, so the western people say,

D / / G from New York to St. Louis and Chicago by the way. Through the

/ / / C D hills of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall, no chances can

/ / G be taken, on the Wabash Cannonball.

G / / C 4. Here's to Daddy Klaxton, may his name forever stand. Will he

D / / G ever be remembered through parts of all our land. When his

/ / / C D earthly race is over and the curtain’s 'round him fall, we'll carry

/ / G him on to Glory, on the Wabash Cannonball.

G / / C D Chorus: Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar. Riding

/ / G through the woodlands to the hills and by the shore. Hear the

/ / / C mighty rush of the engine. Hear the lonesome hobo squall,

D / / G ||: riding through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball. :||

A fast express train line on the Wabash, St. Louis, & Pacific Railroad during the late 1800’s and into the early 1900’s. The Great Rock Island Route is also known as the Wabash Cannonball, which describes the scenic beauty and predicaments of the Wabash Cannonball Express as it traveled on the Great Rock Island train route. Music unchanged, but the verses have been updated by various artists. First appeared in 1882 as the Great Rock Island Route. It has the same chorus. The carter family recorded it in 1929 and by Roy Acuff in 1936. WABASH CANNONBALL 5/25/2018