The Wabash Cannonball

From the great Atlantic Ocean to the wide Pacific shore

From the queen of flowing mountains to the Southland by the shore

She's mighty tall and handsome and known quite well by all

She's the mighty engine of the Wabash Cannonball

Great cities of importance we see along the way

Chicago and St. Louis, Rock Island so they say

Springfield and Decatur, Peoria above all

You can reach your destination on the Wabash Cannonball

This train, she runs to Quincy, Monroe and Mexico

She runs to Kansas City, and she's never runnin' slow

She runs right into Denver where she makes an awful squall

They all know by the whistle she's the Wabash Cannonball

There's many other cities that you can go and see

St. Paul and Minneapolis, Ashtabula and Kankakee

The lakes of Minnehaha where the laughing waters fall

You'll reach them by no other but the Wabash Cannonball

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

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

Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear that lonesome hobo call

You're travelin' through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball

You're travelin' through the jungles on the Wabash Cannonball