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Thread #122581 Message #2691251
Posted By: Joe Offer
31-Jul-09 - 04:51 PM
Thread Name: ADD: Train Whistle Nightmare (& related songs)
Subject: ADD: Fireball Mail
Ah, here's "Fireball Mail":Earl Scruggs YouTube (instrumental) Roy Acuff YouTube Now I rememeber it.
FIREBALL MAIL
Songwriter:Floyd Jenkins (aka Fred Rose)
(as recorded by Wanda Jackson)
Here she comes, look at her roll; there she goes - eatin' that coal
Watch her fly, huggin' the rails; let her by by by, the Fireball Mail
Let her go, look at her steam; hear her blow, whistle and scream
Like a hound waggin' his tail, Dallas bound bound bound the Fireball Mail
[ dobro - steel ]
Engineer makin' up time; tracks are clear, look at her climb
See that freight, clearin' the rail; bet she's late late late the Fireball Mail
Watch her swerve, look at her sway; get that curve out of the way
Watch her fly, look at her sail; let her by by by, the Fireball Mail
Let her by by by, the Fireball Mail; let her by by by, the Fireball Mail
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