文本歌词

The Wreck of the Old '97 - Woody Guthrie
Well they give him his orders at Monroe Virginia
Saying: Pete you're way behind time
This ain't thirty-eight but it's old nienety-seven
And you've got to be in Danville on time
But he turned around to his black greasy fireman
Said: Shovel in a little more coal
When we cross the White Oak Mountain
You can watch old ninety-seven roll
It's a mighty rough road from Lynchburg to Danville
On a line on a three mile grade
It is on this grade that he lost his airbrakes
And you see what a jump he made
He was a-going down the grade making ninety miles an hour
And his whistle broke out in a scream
It is on that grade that he lost his airbrakes
And you see what a jump he made
He was a-going down
The grade making ninety miles an hour
And his whistle begin to scream
And they found him in the wreck
With his hand on his throttle and
Scalded to death by the steam
Well ladies you can all take warning
From this time now and on
Never speak harsh words to your true loving husband
He might leave you and never return