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Jerry Reed "Wabash Cannonball" & more
Jerry picks 2 of his classics.
Length: 333
Rating: 4.90 (445 ratings)
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Doyle Dykes Wabash Cannonball
Okay, here's the last of the live songs from Doyle, I think it's the best. I'm sure you'll enjoy this one.
Length: 213
Rating: 4.90 (273 ratings)
Tags: Doyle Dykes fingerstyle guitar
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Wabash Cannonball
From a 1966 episode of the Lawrence Welk Show, here's the Champagne Music Makers with their version of the popular "Wabash Cannonball" written by J.A. Roff and later covered by artists such as the Carter Family and Roy Acuff.
Featured instrumentally in this number is Frank Scott at the harpischord, Neil Levang on guitar, Dick Cathcart on trumpet and some wonderful work by the string section.
Length: 140
Rating: 5.00 (4 ratings)
Tags: Lawrence Welk champagne music folk Wabash Cannonball Frank Scott Neil Levang Dick Cathcart Indiana
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Wabash Cannonball
BCB Band sings Wabash Canonball by Roy Acuff. "http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=35097932
The song "The Wabash Cannonball" is part of the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll list.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Lyrics
1.1 Variations
2 History
2.1 Origins
2.2 Namesakes
2.3 Kansas State University
2.4 University of Texas
2.5 Jukebox Cannonball
2.6 Television History
2.7 Robert Fripp & The League Of The Crafty Guitarists
3 External links
[edit] Lyrics
The lyrics as performed by The Carter Family in their 1929 recording:
Verse:
Out from the wide Pacific to the broad Atlantic shore
She climbs flowery mountain, o'r hills and by the shore
Although she's tall and handsome, and she's known quite well by all
She's a regular combination of the Wabash Cannonball.
Verse:
Oh the Eastern states are dandy, so the Western people say
Chicago, Rock Island, St. Louis by the way
To the lakes of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall
No chances to be taken on the Wabash Cannonball.
Chorus:
Oh, listen to the jingle, the rumor and the roar
As she glides along the woodland, o'r hills and by the shore
She climbs the flowery mountain, hear the merry hobos squall
She glides along the woodland, the Wabash Cannonball.
Verse:
Oh, here's old daddy Cleaton, let his name forever be
And long be remembered in the courts of Tennessee
For he is a good old rounder 'til the curtain 'round him fall
He'll be carried back to victory on the Wabash Cannonball.
Verse:
I have rode the I.C. Limited, also the Royal Blue
Across the Eastern countries on Elkhorn Number Two
I have rode these highball trains from coast to coast that's all
But I have found no equal on the Wabash Cannonball.
Chorus:
Oh, listen to the jingle, the rumor and the roar
As she glides along the woodland, o'r hills and by the shore
She climbs the flowery mountain, hear the merry hobos squall
She glides along the woodland, the Wabash Cannonball
[edit] Variations
Many variations of the lyrics exist, including: [3][4][5]
'Glory' instead of 'Victory'
'Daddy Claxton', 'Danny Claxton', 'Daddy Clayton', or 'Boston Blackie' instead of 'Daddy Cleaton'
'While' or 'We're' instead of 'You're', in the final line of the chorus
There are several known versions of the second and final lines of the first stanza. Some believe that "she's the 'boes accommodation called the Wabash Cannonball" was most likely the original final line of the first stanza, even though it is probably the least popular today. One common variations calls her a "streamlined combination."
There are alternative versions in which the second and third stanzas are changed significantly, including the 1966 recording by Johnny Cash.
[edit] History
In addition to The Carter Family's 1929 recording and Roy Acuff's 1936 recording, many hillbilly artists recorded "The Wabash Cannonball" during the Great Depression era of the 1930s and 1940s. The song increased in popularity during this time.
[edit] Origins
There are many theories of the origin of "The Wabash Cannonball". Utah Phillips states that hobos somewhere imagined a mythical train called the "Wabash Cannonball" and created the lyrics and music to go with the myth.
Another theory [6] states that the song is based on a tall tale in which Cal S. Bunyan, Paul Bunyan's brother, constructed a railroad known as the Ireland, Jerusalem, Australian & Southern Michigan Line. After two months of service, the 700-car train was traveling so fast that it arrived at its destination an hour before its departure. Finally, the train took off so fast that it rushed in to outer space, and for all is known, it is still traveling through space. When the hobos learned of this train, they called her "The Wabash Cannonball" and said that every station in America had heard her whistle.
Length: 205
Rating: 4.90 (23 ratings)
Tags: BCB Band Oklahoma City Roy Acuff
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Mac Wiseman - Wabash Cannonball
Mac is known throughout the world as "The Voice With A Heart." A true bluegrass and country music legend.
Length: 103
Rating: 5.00 (42 ratings)
Tags: mac wiseman bluegrass ranch party wabash
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Roy Acuff ~ Wabash Cannonball
Original
Length: 249
Rating: 4.80 (36 ratings)
Tags: country
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Wabash Cannonball
Artist: Matthew Sabatella & the Rambling String Band
Studio recording of this song available on the album "Ballad of America Volume 2: America Singing." http://www.balladofamerica.com/music/volume2.htm
Description: The Lake Erie, Wabash, and St. Louis Railroad Company was formed in 1852. There was, however, no train named the "Cannonball" when this song was first sung late in the 19th century. The anonymous hobos who made the song up may have been paying homage to a specific train, or to a "mythical train that runs everywhere," as suggested by George Milburn in The Hobo's Hornbook.
Please visit http://www.matthewsabatella.com for free song downloads, blog, upcoming concerts, pictures and more.
Length: 290
Rating: 4.40 (18 ratings)
Tags: sabatella traditional american folk music train railroad hobo banjo fiddle
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