Letra de The Wreck Of Old '97 (Live At The Paramount Theatre, NJ/1990)
Well they gave him his orders at Monroe Virginia Saying, "Steve you're way behind time This is not 38 this is old 97 Put her into Spencer on time."And then he turned around and said to his black greasy fireman "Shovel on a little more coal And when we cross that White Old Mountain Watch old 97 roll."Well he was going down the grade, 90 miles an hour But his whistle broke into a scream He was found in the wreck with his hand on the throttle Scalded to death by the steamAnd then a telegram came to Washington station This is what it said It said, "That brave engineer that has run old 97 Is lying down in Danville, dead."