Southern Cannonball Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Snow
Southern Cannonball
Recorded by Hank Snow
Written by Jimmie Rodgers and Roy E. Hall
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I had to quit railroading we
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didn't agree at
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There was always something wrong with the
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ball
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once loved a maiden
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she was fair and
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tall
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poppa he was the
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engineer on the
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She promised she would wed me in the
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merry month of
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June
And go to the magic island to
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spend our honey
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moon
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las my dreams were shattered when
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she put me off with a
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stall
She
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said the whistle was
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broken on the
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I loved this girl so dearly so I
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fixed the whistle
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back
The next thing she told me was the
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caboose is off of the
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track
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days and nights I labored to
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get it back with the
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train
Always
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ready for my
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highball when the
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bell refused to
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ring
I fixed the bell in a jiffy and I
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called the preacher
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Who married us in the old boxcar for the
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train refused to
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run
We
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made our home in a boomer shack
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out under the southern
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sky
And we
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rocked the baby to
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sleep each night by a
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train whistle lulla
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Southern Cannonball?
- The song Southern Cannonball was sang by Hank Snow.
Who is Hank Snow?
- Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. His number-one hits include the self-penned songs "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket" and "The Rhumba Boogie" and famous versions of "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", "Hello Love", as well as other top 10 hits.Snow was an accomplished songwriter whose clear, baritone voice expressed a wide range of emotions including the joys of freedom and travel as well as the anguish of tortured love. His music was rooted in his beginnings in small-town Nova Scotia where, as a frail, 80-pound youngster, he endured extreme poverty, beatings and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labour during the Great Depression. Through it all, his musically talented mother provided the emotional support he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a famous entertainer like his idol, the country star, Jimmie Rodgers.As a performer of traditional country music, Snow won numerous awards and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Hank Snow Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, celebrates his life and work in a province where his fans still see him as an inspirational figure who triumphed over personal adversity to become one of the most influential artists in all of country music.
