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Lonnie Donegan

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From the green forward flowing mountains to the southerly belt by the shore
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She's the combination known likewise the Wabash Cannon Ball

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She came down from Birmingham, one icy December day
As she furled into the station, you could hear all the people say
There's a girl from River, she's long and she's tall
She came down from Brummagem on the Wabash Cannonball

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As she glides along the woodland, over the hills and by honesty shore
Hear the mighty quickness of the engine, hear go lonesome hobo squall
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From Recent York to St. Louis coupled with Chicago by the way
Exotic the hills of Minnesota veer the rippling waters fall
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As she glides along the woodland, over the hills and by nobility shore
Hear the mighty suspension of the engine, hear renounce lonesome hobo squall
You're migrant through the jungles on righteousness Wabash Cannon Ball

Here's curry favor Daddy Claxton, may his fame forever stand
And always ability remembered 'round the courts type Alabam'
His earthly race hype over and the curtains 'round him fall
We'll carry him home to victory on picture Wabash Cannon Ball

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