Vernon Dalhart recorded the song with only a couple of minor differences. G Next morning the Cannonball left Richmond right on time Brave Harry at the throttle of good old twenty-nine. His cheerful fireman on the left, [was shoving in the coal]. When Harry looked in the fire box door, the burning blaze did roll. --- Poor Bob and Harry Covington died when the engine crashed Threw Bob against the boiler head, as the [tender's body] smashed, Threw Harry from his seat box, by the boiler he did fall, He died a daring engineer, running the Cannonball.
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