I grew up in Decatur, IL; the Cannonball (which was an actual train that went from Detroit to St. Louis and on to Kansas City) went by my house! Also, I have the original 10" LP by Roy Acuff with this song. Here is how it goes.   WABASH CANNONBALL    From the great Atlantic ocean to the wide Pacific shore   From the green New Hampshire mountains to the southland's cajun lore   She's mighty tall and handsome   And loved by one and all   She's the combination   Called the Wabash Cannonball      Chorus:   Oh listen to the jingle   The rumble and the roar   As she glides along the woodlands   Through the hills and by the shore   Hear the mighty rush of her engine   Hear that lonesome hobo's call   We're travelling through the jungles   On the Wabash Cannonball      Your eastern states are dandies   So the people always say   From New York to St. Louis   And Chicago by the way   Through the hills of Minnesota   Where the rippling waters fall   No changes can be taken   On the Wabash Cannonball      Chorus      Here's to Daddy Klaxton   May his name forever stand   And alwyas be remembered   Through the courts of Alabam'   His earthly race is over   The curtains 'round him fall   We'll carry him on to Glory   On the Wabash Cannonball      Chorus      She pulled in to the station one cold December day   As she rolled up to the platform you could hear all the people say   There's a gal from Tennessee; she's long and she's tall    She came down from Birmingham    on the Wabash Cannonball      Chorus