Johnny Cash & The Carter Sisters - Wabash Cannonball

[softie461]

Great song - love it - but the last verse is missing:

Here's to Daddy Claxton may his name forever stand - pity!

[bazthehandyman]

That's hilarious......blew soot all over my wifes new outfit and my white shirt !!.....dear God !!!

[vampirellella]

this kind of american creativity will come back,

[baritonebynight]

I am a self admitted opera snob and the voices of most non classically trained singers makies me cringe, but one of the most beautiful natural voices of all times belonged to Anita Carter.

[nicoleakalilqueenie]

@baritonebynight ....I agree! Anita had a PHENOMENAL VOICE!!

[Rabadamtimtimti]

Mmm, sweet Anita... <3

[nicoleakalilqueenie]

@Rabadamtimtimti...I saw Anita on an old youtube clip...I'm not sure what show it was, but it was one where all three sisters and mother Maybelle sung together, and Anita was quite a looker! A real perty lil thing indeed! But what really stood out to me, was her AMAZING VOICE! Now I'm here to tell you THAT WOMAN COULD SING!!

[BenAliGtor]

I always wondered about the lyrics: "She came down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball"---but the train only ran between Detroit and St. Louis.

[Carters01]

@BenAliGtor The Wabash Cannonball was a fictional train. The song was first recorded by the Carter Family in 1929 but not released until 1932.

[BenAliGtor]

@Carters01 Actually...there WAS such a train, but it post-dated the song. Technically, a "cannonball" was any freight that was given priority over lesser classified freights. The Wabash Railroad-which actually went no further south than St. Louis- eventually did give one of its passenger trains the name, "Wabash Cannonball"...but as I noted, it ran between Detroit and St. Louis. It ceased operation mid- 1960's.

[danlee1950]

@Carters01 Sorry, Pal....I've seen the Wabash Cannonball on it's last run. It stopped in Lafayette, Indiana. We were on our way to church, and managed to get across the tracks before it stopped and blocked them for a half hour or so....Bad news is, when it fired up again, it blew soot all over everything, including my wife's new outfit and my white dress shirt...This was in the spring of 1981 or 1982

[Carters01]

@danlee1950 The lyrics were penned in 1904 by William Kindt and it was a re-write of a song called Great Rock-Island Route. The song did not predict that someone would give the name to an actual train.

[PeterNGloor]

@BenAliGtor

I think the song was first, and the Wabash named one of its trains after it.

[boardey]

Still love the Johnny Cash tones.

Sorry we lost you.

[Ascaidh]

Now this is how a family should sing!

[jodthy106]

Amen

love dot

[budw84]

miss you johnny cash, country music just isn't the same without you

[1302jm]

one of the carter sisters married glen jones right?

[Carters01]

Helen married Glenn Jones; their oldest son, songwriter Kenneth Jones, was killed in a jeep accident in 1969.

[1302jm]

i live next door to Glenn in Tennessee i didn't know that. That's sad poor Mr. Glenn (that's what i call him, he hates it). Did they have a son named David?

[Carters01]

They had four sons, Kenneth Burton (Deceased), Glenn Daniel, David Lawrence, and Keven Carter. Helen died 2 June 1998.

[1302jm]

Yes i know david and glenn but but not kenneth or keven RIP Helen

Glenn has lots of pictures of him and Helen together surrounding a giant picture of Helen. She is really pretty.

Glenn has the most adorable dog named lucky, she is a min pin

That is sad about kenneth and helen RIP Both of them D':

[vanrick772]

From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore

She climbs a flowery mountains o'er the hills and by the shore

She's mighty tall and handsome she's known quite well by all

She's a regular combination on the Wabash Cannonball

REFRAIN:

Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar

As she glides along the woodland o'er the hills and by the shore

Hear the mighty rush of the engine hear those lonesome hoboes call

Traveling through the jungle on the Wabash Cannonball

[ADACaseyNovak876]

I love all of these performers (especially Junie and John), but I like this song best with Helen, June, Rosey, and Carlene. Very wonderful performance though!!

[ncbloom]

jerry reed's version from the porter wagner show is tough. this cant hold a candle to it

[John14090]

best version of the song by far!!

[babesinthewoods20]

I am just looking out for the song 'From a Boxcar Door' by Boxcar Willie. If anyone has this please upload it onto Youtube, as I would be very grateful.

Thanking You.

[RussianMadMan]

I have it for ya Ill make it right soon pret near now

[carterfamily1928]

anita was hot

[ChiefChuckalucky]

Anita was the best singer of the Carter Family! Love her soprano voice! She made several albums and did a duet album with Hank Snow!

[c8gibbs]

jerry reed owns johnny cash

[OldTimerFrank]

This a great song. Performed by many, but none better than Johnny Cash and the Carters.

[halutionation]

Love this song. I used to beg my uncle to play and I'd come in on the chorus, singing as loud as I could.

[seanjamescooper]

whats this videod from?!

[trevorm1]

ya hoo!!!!

[chadbeccablue]

Good Stuff! By The Carter Family they are the best!

[JohnnybobTexas]

Anita makes it. Singers are great.

[markmissestexas]

thank you for adding this...

[lucilleballrules]

I think this is my new favorite carter family song! thanks hank

[twofortheroad]

This is fab, Hank! Thanks so much for posting!

[jul150]

Anita Carter!!