Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Organization: Mistral Internet (Brighton) Lines: 55 Message-ID: <454ak5$33i@news.mistral.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: line41.mistral.co.uk X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 THE WRECK OF THE OLD 97. Capo 0 | | They gave him his orders at Monroe Vaginia | | sayin' Steve your way behind the time | | this is not thirty eight this is old ninety seven | | | you must pull her into Spencer on time. | | He turned and he said to his black greasy fireman | | let's shovel on a little more coal | | and when we cross that wide oak mountain | | | just watch old ninety seven roll. | | Was a mighty rough road from Lenburg to Danvill | | on a climb with a three mile grade | | it was on that grade that he lost his air brakes | | | see what a jump he made. | | He was comin' down the grade makin' ninety miles an hour | | his whistle broke into a scream | | he was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle | | | scalded to death by the steam | | Well all you ladies had better take a warnin' | | from this time on and learn | | never speak harsh words to your true love or husband | | | he may leave you and never re-turn. Ray From Sussex England