Southern Cannonball lyrics and chords

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Southern Cannonball
Recorded by Hank Snow
Written by Jimmie Rodgers and Roy E. Hall

C                            F               C
I had to quit railroading we didn't agree at all
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There was always something wrong with the Southern Cannonball
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I once loved a maiden she was fair and tall
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Her poppa he was the engineer on the Southern Cannonball

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She promised she would wed me in the merry month of June
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And go to the magic island to spend our honeymoon
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Alas my dreams were shattered when she put me off with a stall
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She said the whistle was broken on the Southern Cannonball

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I loved this girl so dearly so I fixed the whistle back
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The next thing she told me was the caboose is off of the track
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But days and nights I labored to get it back with the train
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Always ready for my highball when the bell refused to ring

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I fixed the bell in a jiffy and I called the preacher Dunn
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Who married us in the old boxcar for the train refused to run
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We made our home in a boomer shack out under the southern sky
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And we rocked the baby to sleep each night by a train whistle lullaby

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