Well they gave him his orders at Monroe Virginia sayin' Steve you're way behind time This is not 38 this is old 97 you must put her into Spencer on time Then he turned around and said to his black greasy fireman shovel on a little more coal And when we cross that White Oak Mountain watch old 97 roll But it's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville With a line on a three mile grade It was on that grade that he lost his air brakes see what a jump he made He was goin' down the grade makin' 90 miles an hour his whistle broke into a scream
Well they gave him his orders at Monroe Virginia sayin' Steve you're way behind time This is not 38 this is old 97 you must put her into Spencer on time Then he turned around and said to his black greasy fireman shovel on a little more coal And when we cross that White Oak Mountain watch old 97 roll But it's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville With a line on a three mile grade It was on that grade that he lost his air brakes see what a jump he made He was goin' down the grade makin' 90 miles an hour his whistle broke into a scream
