The Wreck of the Old 97

<p>They gave him his orders at Monroe Virginia<br/>Saying<span> Steve you&#x27;re way behind time<br/>This is not 38 this is old 97<br/>You must put her into Spencer on time<br/><br/>He turned around and said to his black greasy fireman<br/>&quot;Shovel on a little more coal<br/>And when we cross that White Old Mountain<br/>Watch old 97 roll&quot;<br/><br/>And then a telegram came to Washington station<br/>This is how it read:<br/>It said, &quot;That brave engineer that has run old 97<br/>Is lying down in Danville, dead&quot;<br/><br/>He was going down the grade making 90 miles an hour<br/>His whistle broke into a scream<br/>He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle<br/>Scalded to death by the steam<span><br/>So now all you pretty ladies you better take a warning<br/>From this time on and learn<br/>Don&#x27;t you speak hard words to your true lover husband<br/>He may leave you and never return<span>