[00:06.46]Well they gave him his orders at Monroe Virginia
[00:10.62]Said Steve you're way behind time
[00:14.07]
[00:15.28]This is not 38 this is Old 97
[00:29.33]
[00:30.64]Put her into Spencer on time
[00:36.97]Then he turned around and said to his black greasy fireman
[00:46.65]Shovel on a little more coal
[00:49.65]
[00:50.79]And when we cross that White Oak Mountain
[01:00.24]Watch Old 97 roll
[01:03.39]
[01:03.98]And then a telegram come from Washington station
[01:11.52]This is how it read
[01:15.73]
[01:16.57]Oh that brave engineer that run Old 97
[01:21.72]
[01:23.45]Is lyin' in old Danville dead
[01:27.20]'Cause he was going down a grade making 90 miles an hour
[01:34.82]The whistle broke into a scream
[01:38.63]He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
[01:50.89]Scalded to death by the steam
[01:58.29]One more time
[01:59.72]Oh now all you ladies you'd better take a warning
[02:09.09]From this time on and learn
[02:14.58]Never speak hard words to your true-lovin' husband
[02:20.16]He may leave you and never return poor boy