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Lighter	Story Behind Wabash Cannonball & Claxton (66* d)	RE: Story Behind Wabash Cannonball & Claxton	31 Dec 24
The latter-day Cannonball may well have been named for the song, but I don't see any reliable evidence that the song predated the train of ca1882-ca1904. There's a wealth of information here: http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/wabash-cannonball--1882-lyrics.aspx I can't agree, however, with the claim that the "Cannonball" owes much, if anything, to the Hutchison family's "Uncle Sam's Farm" (1848). The tunes are also entirely different.

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