Wabash Cannonball (country harp)

Wabash Cannonball  26e Juli

07Lenny Walker - Then and Now - Wabash Cannonball   Tolono

Wabash Cannonball   Tolono

The Lake Erie, Wabash, and St. Louis Railroad Company was formed in 1852. There was, however, no train named the “Cannonball” when this song was first sung late in the 19th century. The anonymous hobos who made the song up may have been paying homage to a specific train, or to a “mythical train that runs everywhere,” as suggested by George Milburn in The Hobo’s Hornbook.

I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado

Douglas Babcock