Well, they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia
Said, "Steve, you're way behind time"
"This is not 38, this is Ol'97"
"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"
And then a telegram come from Washington station
This is how it read
"Oh that brave engineer that run Old 97
"Is lyin' in old Danville dead"
Cause he was going down a grade making 90 miles an hour
The whistle broke into a scream
He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
Scalded to death by the steam
One more time！
Oh, now all you ladies you'd better take a warning
From this time on and learn
Never speak hard words to your true-lovin' husband
He may leave you and never return, poor boy
🎵
LRC歌词版本
[00:07.346]Well, they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia
[00:10.930]Said, "Steve, you're way behind time"
[00:14.378]"This is not 38, this is Ol'97"
[00:18.124]"Put her into Spencer on time"
[00:21.438]Then he turned around and said to his black, greasy fireman
[00:25.216]Shovel on a little more coal
[00:28.683]And when we cross that White Oak Mountain
[00:32.267]"Watch Old 97 roll"
[00:49.585]And then a telegram come from Washington station
[00:54.030]This is how it read
[00:57.041]"Oh that brave engineer that run Old 97
[01:00.764]"Is lyin' in old Danville dead"
[01:03.886]Cause he was going down a grade making 90 miles an hour
[01:07.844]The whistle broke into a scream
[01:11.137]He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
[01:15.047]Scalded to death by the steam
[01:17.616]One more time！
[01:32.060]Oh, now all you ladies you'd better take a warning
[01:36.398]From this time on and learn
[01:39.618]Never speak hard words to your true-lovin' husband
[01:43.223]He may leave you and never return, poor boy
Well, they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia
Said, "Steve, you're way behind time"
"This is not 38, this is Ol'97"
"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"
And then a telegram come from Washington station
This is how it read
"Oh that brave engineer that run Old 97
"Is lyin' in old Danville dead"
Cause he was going down a grade making 90 miles an hour
The whistle broke into a scream
He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
Scalded to death by the steam
One more time！
Oh, now all you ladies you'd better take a warning
From this time on and learn
Never speak hard words to your true-lovin' husband
He may leave you and never return, poor boy
🎵
LRC歌词版本
[00:07.346]Well, they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia
[00:10.930]Said, "Steve, you're way behind time"
[00:14.378]"This is not 38, this is Ol'97"
[00:18.124]"Put her into Spencer on time"
[00:21.438]Then he turned around and said to his black, greasy fireman
[00:25.216]Shovel on a little more coal
[00:28.683]And when we cross that White Oak Mountain
[00:32.267]"Watch Old 97 roll"
[00:49.585]And then a telegram come from Washington station
[00:54.030]This is how it read
[00:57.041]"Oh that brave engineer that run Old 97
[01:00.764]"Is lyin' in old Danville dead"
[01:03.886]Cause he was going down a grade making 90 miles an hour
[01:07.844]The whistle broke into a scream
[01:11.137]He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle
[01:15.047]Scalded to death by the steam
[01:17.616]One more time！
[01:32.060]Oh, now all you ladies you'd better take a warning
[01:36.398]From this time on and learn
[01:39.618]Never speak hard words to your true-lovin' husband
[01:43.223]He may leave you and never return, poor boy