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BASEBALL BAT
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| Dizzy Dean "Wabash Cannon Ball"
Sheet Misic |
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Dizzy Dean And His Country Cousins - Wabash
Cannon Ball 78 RPM Record (With Lyrics) |
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Dizzy Dean And His
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Wabash Cannon Ball |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1954
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RECOORD LABEL
- Colonial
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CATALOG
NUMBER -
DB-2118
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SIZE
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10"
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SPEED
- 78 RPM
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PRICE GUIDE
- $15.00-$25.00
Excellent - Near
Mint condition
Information
Provided by:
Keymancollectibles.com
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"Wabash
Cannon Ball" & "You Don't Have
To Be From The Country" by DIZZY DEAN
and His Country Cousins was released in
1954, on the Colonial record label. The
same label that gave you Any Griffith's
"What It Was Was Football." Wabash
Cannon Ball was released on both a 10
inch, 78RPM, and 7 inch 45 RPM formats.
Written by A.P. Carter, it said to be a song about hobos imagining a
mythical train called the "Wabash
Cannonball" which was a "death coach"
that appeared at the death of a hobo to
carry his soul to its reward. The song
was then created with the lyrics and
music telling the story of the train.
When the hobos learned of this train,
they called her the "Wabash Cannonball"
and said that every station in America
had heard her whistle.
Dizzy Dean, retired baseball star, turned broadcaster, was closely
associated with "Wabash Cannonball," as
he often sung the song during a
baseball game. For many years Dean
turned down numerous requests from
record companies to have the song
recorded and placed on the juke boxes
throughout the country. Record
companies felt that the song would go
over with a big bang, especially since
Dizzy had sung the song to millions
during his broadcasts. He refused for
years, but finally gave in, and the
record was made, in August of 1954.
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Dizzy Dean And His
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Wabash Cannon Ball |
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| Billboard Magazine
Sept. 1954 |
You Don't Have To
Be From The Country |
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Dizzy Dean And His
Country Cousins
"Wabash Cannon Ball" Lyrics
Written-By – A. P. Carter
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From out the wide Pacific to
the broad Atlantic shore
She climbs the highest mountains uphill and by the
shore
She's mighty tall and handsome
She knows quite well by all
She's the combination of the Wabash Cannonball.
Listen to the jingle, The rumble and the roar,
As she climbs along the woodland, To the hills and by
the shore.
Hear the mighty rush of the engine,
Hear the lonesome hobo's call On the Wabash Cannonball.
She come down from Birmingham one cold December day
As she pulled into the station you could hear all the
people say
There's a girl fro Tennessee; she's long and she's tall
She comes down from Birmingham on the Wabash Cannonball
Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland, to the hills and by
the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine
Hear the lonesome hobo's call
As she travels through the jungles, on the Wabash
Cannonball.
Here's to Daddy Caxton, may his name forever stand
May it always be remembered, in the courts throughout
the land
And when the race is over, and the curtains 'round him
fall
We'll take him home to victory, on the Wabash
Cannonball.
Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar
As she glides along the woodland, to the hills and by
the shore
Hear the mighty rush of the engine
Hear the lonesome hobo's call
As she travels through the jungles, on the Wabash
Cannonball.
(Spoken)
"And friends and neighbors, That was the Wabash
Cannonball."
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