Hmm, from the big Atlantic ocean
To the wide Pacific shore
As she climbs along the woodlands
To the hills and by the shore

Well, she's a mighty big and handsome
And she's known quite well by all
She's a regular combination
Called the Wabash Cannonball

Well, now she came in from Birmingham
One cold December day
And as she rolled into the station
Well, you could hear all the people say

Now there's a little gal from Tennessee
She's long and she's tall
She just came in from Birmingham
On the Wabash Cannonball

Now here's to Daddy Claxton
May his name forever stand
And always be remembered
In the courts throughout the land

His earthly race is over
And the curtains around him fall
And we'll take him home
To victory on the Wabash Cannonball