Roy Acuff - The King of Country Music

The Streamlined Cannon Ball

(He's the Streamlined Cannonball)
A long steel rail a short crosstie I'm on my way back home
I'm on the train the king of them all the Streamlined Cannonball
Oh she climbs along like a cannonball like a star on its heavenly flight
This lonesome sound of the whistle you love as she travels through the night
Her headlight gleams out into the night her firebox flash you see
The blinds I ride and the lights I love are home sweet home to me
Oh she climbs along...
(The lonesome sound of the whistle you love the Streamlined Cannonball)
I can see the smile of an engineer although he's old and gray
A contented heart he awaits back home of the Streamlined Cannonball
Oh she climbs along...



Credits
Writer(s): Roy Acuff
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  6. Wreck On The Highway (1963 Version)
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  8. Beneath That Lonely Mound Of Clay (1963 Version)
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  10. Night Train To Memphis (1963 Version)

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Altri album

  1. The Roy Acuff Collection, Vol. 1
  2. Cruisin' Country: Roy Acuff's Roadtrip Playlist
  3. For Governor
  4. Once More It's Roy Acuff
  5. Sings American Folk Songs
  6. Hand-Clapping Gospel Songs
  7. The King of Country
  8. I Saw the Light
  9. Country Classics
  10. The Prodigal Son

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