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Lyr Req: Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train

17 Jan 02 - 06:11 PM (#629986)
Subject: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: CRANKY YANKEE

If anyone out there knows the lyrics to Uncle Dave Macon's Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train and Between Heaven and Earth. I'd be eternally gratefull if you'd post them. I know the choruses of both and the melodies. Thanks

Jody Gibson

17 Jan 02 - 07:20 PM (#630041)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: Stewie

Jody

You will find them posted in this thread:

Click Here

Cheers, Stewie.

17 Jan 02 - 07:23 PM (#630043)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)

Cranky, Stewie posted the Wreck of the Gravy. This thread;
Here

17 Jan 02 - 07:26 PM (#630049)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)

Stewie, Cranky is getting lazy in his old age. So am I, 3 whole minutes behind you.

17 Jan 02 - 07:28 PM (#630054)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)

Stewie, Cranky is getting lazy in his old age. So am I, 3 whole minutes behind you although I have that thread bookmarked.

17 Jan 02 - 07:30 PM (#630058)
Subject: Lyr Add: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: Art Thieme

Here it is from memory. I did love singing this song---with either banjo or guitar--even jew's harp onm occasion.

The people of Tennessee want to know what wrecked their gravy train,
The one they thought was run so well and now who can they blame,
They want to know who greased the track and started it down that road,
The same old train that carried all the money to pay for the highway roads.

CHORUS)
And Now we're up against it and no use to raise a row,
Of all the times I ever have seen we're sure up against it now,
The only thing that we can do is to do the best we can,
So follow me good people--we're bound for the promised land.

Now I could've been a banker without the least excuse,
But look at the treasury of Tennessee and tell me what's the use,
We lately bonded Tennessee for just five million bucks,
The bonds were issued---the money tied up---and now we're in tough luck.

Some blame all on politics---some lay it on others you see,
But, friends, you can plainly see what happened to Tennessee,
The ungineer pulled the throttle---the fireman rang the bell,
The conductor hollered "ALL ABOARD"---and the banks all went to hell.

Art Thieme

17 Jan 02 - 07:32 PM (#630067)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: catspaw49

Geeziz....I logged on and this was the third thread I read. I hit the supersearch found them and then I went to the kitchen and got a cup of coffee, sat back down and hit refresh and you two had already got it........Well done.

Spaw

17 Jan 02 - 07:38 PM (#630075)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: Art Thieme

Folks, I came in here with only one post--the original request. I typed out the song and posted it and, low and behold, I'm #6 on the list. Pretty good, guys.

Art.

18 Jan 02 - 09:04 AM (#630425)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: Charley Noble

Back in the late 1970's we put together a Michigan parody of this song. Maybe we can work up an Enron version. I'm still amazed that federal tax liability can be transformed by CEO's exercising stock options, resulting in federal tax refunds to the company in question. Too bad none of my enterprises have profits that need sheltering.

18 Jan 02 - 12:28 PM (#630580)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: Geoff the Duck

By the way, chaps! Who or What is an Enron? Is it one of your quaint little colonial customs? ;~)
Quack!

18 Jan 02 - 08:20 PM (#630813)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: Art Thieme

An Enron is Sammy Sosa doing play-by-play of a U.S. football game describing a scamper with the ball around the linemen.

Art Thieme

18 Jan 02 - 09:36 PM (#630879)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: raredance

Art, now you're gonna have to explain Sammy Sosa and linemen. When will you ever learn!

rich r

18 Jan 02 - 10:32 PM (#630905)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: catspaw49

Sammy Sosa is a deceased boxing announcer who used to also do a play-by-play for a Mexican-American Hockey league on the side. The linemen on the Mexican teams were also in charge of the Zamboni which they'd have to scamper to in times of ice melt.

Spaw

19 Jan 02 - 01:04 AM (#630980)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Wreck of the Tennesee Gravy Train
From: Coyote Breath

Where is Uncle Dave when we need him?

(yeah, I know he's dead)

Hey ducks! Enron might just be dubya's waterloo. seems there was a thread about that?

CB