Blind Willie McTell - Wabash Cannonball

Out from the wide Pacific ocean to the broad Atlantic shore She climbs flowery mountain, o'r hills and by the shore Although she's tall and handsome, and she's known quite well by all She's a regular combination of the Wabash Cannonball.

Verse: Oh, the Eastern states are dandy, so the Western people say Chicago, Rock Island, St. Louis by the way To the lakes of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall No chances to be taken on the Wabash Cannonball.

Chorus: Oh, listen to the jingle, the rumor and the roar As she glides along the woodland, o'r hills and by the shore She climbs the flowery mountain, hear the merry hobos squall She glides along the woodland, the Wabash Cannonball.

Verse: Oh, here's old daddy Cleaton, let his name forever be And long be remembered in the courts of Tennessee For he is a good old rounder 'til the curtain 'round him fall He'll be carried back to victory on the Wabash Cannonball.

Verse: I have rode the I.C. Limited, also the Royal Blue Across the Eastern countries on Elkhorn Number Two I have rode those highball trains from coast to coast that's all But I have found no equal on the Wabash Cannonball.

Chorus: Oh, listen to the jingle, the rumor and the roar As she glides along the woodland, o'r hills and by the shore She climbs the flowery mountain, hear the merry hobos squall She glides along the woodland, the Wabash Cannonball.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• blind
• willie
• mctell
• wabash
• cannonball
• traditional
• folk
• blues
• costa
• rica
• american

[shannonandsheila1]

its rumble not rumor ya know just sayin

[NorthTulsaBoy]

Blind Willie is definitely in my Top 5 Country Blues or Old Time singers.

So much variety in his records- I guess he was more of a songster than anything- he did a lot of Blues, but plenty of other styles of music as well.

[alan3894]

I can barely get any music from this guy