They gave him his orders at Monroe Virginia Sayin' "Steve you're way behind time This is not 38 this is old 97 "Put her into Spencer on time" When he turned around and said to his black greasy fireman "Hey shovel on a little more coal" And when we cross that White Oak Mountain watch old 97 roll It's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville In a line on a three mile grade It was on that grade that he lost his air brakes He see what a jump he made He was goin' down the grade makin' 90 miles an hour His whistle broke into a scream He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle A scalded to death by the steam Now all you ladies you better take a warnin' From this time on and learn Never speak harsh words to your true lovin' husband He may leave you and never return
[00:04.97]They gave him his orders at Monroe Virginia [00:08.82]Sayin' "Steve you're way behind time [00:13.21]This is not 38 this is old 97 [00:17.95]"Put her into Spencer on time" [00:21.49]When he turned around and said to his black greasy fireman [00:25.84]"Hey shovel on a little more coal" [00:29.94]And when we cross that White Oak Mountain watch old 97 roll [00:55.09]It's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville [00:59.30]In a line on a three mile grade [01:03.28]It was on that grade that he lost his air brakes [01:07.56]He see what a jump he made [01:11.37]He was goin' down the grade makin' 90 miles an hour [01:15.57]His whistle broke into a scream [01:19.50]He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle [01:24.00]A scalded to death by the steam [01:27.79]Now all you ladies you better take a warnin' [01:31.97]From this time on and learn [01:35.82]Never speak harsh words to your true lovin' husband [01:40.02]He may leave you and never return
