#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:16:52 -0400 From: "F. D. Lewis" <lewisfd@hotmail.com> Subject: Streamline Cannonball Streamline Cannonball Words and Music by Roy Acuff Recorded by lots of folks including Acuff, Hank Snow, Doc Watson, Jim Ringer, and Jerry Garcia. 3/4 time [G]A long steel rail and a short cross tie [C]I'm on my way back [G]home I'm [C]on that train, the [G]king of them all The streamline [D7]cannon[G]ball Chorus [G]She moves along like a cannonball Like a [C]star in it's heavenly [G]flight The [C]lonesome sound of the [G]whistle you love As she travels [D7]through the [G]night I can see a smile on the engineer's face And although he's old and gray With a contented heart, he waits for his call On the streamline cannonball The headlight beams out in the night And the firebox flash you can see I ride the blinds, it's the life that I love Lord it's home sweet home to me