From the great Atlantic ocean
To the wide Pacific shore
From the queen of the flowing mountains
To the southbells by the shore
She's mighty tall and handsome
And known quite well by all
She's a regular combination
The Wabash Cannonball
Listen to the jingle
To the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland
Through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine
Hear that lonesome hoboes call
You're traveling through the jungle
On the Wabash Cannonball
She came down from Birmingham
One cold December day
As she rolled into the station
You could hear all the people say
"Now there's a gal from Tennessee
She's long and she's tall
She came down from Birmingham
On the Wabash Cannonball"
Our eastern states are dandy
So eastern people say
From New York to Saint Louis
And Chicago by the way
From the hills of Minnesota
Where the rippling waters fall
No changes can be taken
On the Wabash Cannonball
Here's to daddy Claxton
May his name forever stand
And long to be remembered
In the courts throughout the land
His earthly reign is over
And the curtains round him fall
We'll carry him home to victory
On the Wabash Cannonball
Listen to the jingle
The rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland
Through the hills and by the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine
Hear that lonesome hoboes call
You're traveling through the jungle
On the Wabash Cannonball