Hank Snow - Southern cannonball

^CI had to quit railroading we ^Fdidn't agree at ^Call There was always something wrong with the ^D7Southern Cannon^G7ball

I ^Conce loved a maiden ^Fshe was fair and ^Ctall Her ^Fpoppa he was the ^Cengineer on the ^G7Southern Cannon^Cball

She promised she would wed me in the ^Fmerry month of ^CJune And go to the magic island to ^D7spend our honey^G7moon

A^Clas my dreams were shattered when ^Fshe put me off with a ^Cstall She ^Fsaid the whistle was ^Cbroken on the ^G7Southern Cannon^Cball

I loved this girl so dearly so I ^Ffixed the whistle ^Cback The next thing she told me was the ^D7caboose is off of the ^G7track

But ^Cdays and nights I labored to ^Fget it back with the ^Ctrain Always ^Fready for my ^Chighball when the ^G7bell refused to ^Cring

I fixed the bell in a jiffy and I ^Fcalled the preacher ^CDunn Who married us in the old boxcar for the ^D7train refused to ^G7run

We ^Cmade our home in a boomer shack ^Fout under the southern ^Csky And we ^Frocked the baby to ^Csleep each night by a ^G7train whistle lulla^Cby