The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #7526   Message #45512
Posted By: Art Thieme
15-Nov-98 - 06:55 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Wabash Cannonball
Subject: RE: Wabash Cannonball
The version I put on an LP is one from Paul Durst, a 93 year old (at the time) Wobbly and hobo fiddler I made some tapes of in 1961. His version said, "Here's to Montana Whitey--may his name forever stand, And always be remembered by the 'bos around the land..."

Also:
"We'll ride rhe rods & brakebeams..."

also:
"from the rocky coast of Oregon to ice-bound Labridor..."