Tom: E
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Well, they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia
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Sayin', "Steve you're way behind time
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This is not Thirty-Eight it is old Ninety-Seven
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So put her into Spencer on time."
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Then he turned around and said to his black greasy fireman
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"Shovel on a little more coal
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And when we cross that White Oak Mountain
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Watch old Ninety-Seven roll."
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And then a telegram came from Washington station and this is how it read
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well that brave engineer that ran old 97 is lying in old daneville dead
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cause he was going down the grid makeing 90 miles an hour
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And his whistle broke into a scream
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He was found in the wreck, with his hand on the throttle,
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scalded to death by the steam
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now all you ladies you better take warnin'
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From this time on and learn
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Never speak harsh words to atrue lovin' husband
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he may leave you and never return, poor boy
