Out from the wide Pacific to the broad Atlantic shore

She climbs the flowery mountains, over hills and by the shore

Although she's tall and handsome and she's known quite well by all

She's a regular combination, she's the the Wabash Cannonball.

Oh, listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar

As she glides along the woodland, over hills and by the shore

Although she's tall and handsome, she's known quite well by all

As she glides along the woodland, she's the Wabash Cannonball.

Oh the Eastern states are dandy, so the Western people say

Chicago and Rock Island, St. Louis by the way

To the lakes of Minnesota where the rippling waters fall

No chances to be taken on the Wabash Cannonball.

Oh, listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar

As she glides along the woodland, over hills and by the shore

Although she's tall and handsome, she's known quite well by all

As she glides along the woodland, she's the Wabash Cannonball.

I have rode the I.C. Limited, I've rode the Royal Blue

Across the Eastern counties on Elkhorn Number Two

I have rode these highball engines from coast to coast that's all

But I never found the equal to the Wabash Cannonball.

Oh, listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar

As she glides along the woodland, over hills and by the shore

Although she's tall and handsome, she's known quite well by all

As she glides along the woodland, she's the Wabash Cannonball.

Oh, here's to old man Cleaton, let his name forever be

And long he be remembered in the courts of Tennessee

For he's a good old rounder 'til the curtain round him fall

He'll be carried back to victory on the Wabash Cannonball.

Oh, listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar

As she glides along the woodland, over hills and by the shore

Although she's tall and handsome, she's known quite well by all

As she glides along the woodland, she's the Wabash Cannonball.