Marty Robbins - The Wreck Of The Number Nine Lyrics
One cold winter's night not a star was in sight
Then the North wind came howling down the line
With his sweetheart so dear stood a brave engineer
With his orders to pull old Number Nine.
And the joy in his heart he could not hide
For the whole world was bright as she told him that night
That tomorrow she'd be his blushing bride.
Oh the wheels hummed a song as the train rolled along
And the black smoke came pouring from the stack
And the headlight a-gleam seemed to brighten his dream
Of tomorrow when he'd be goin' back.
He sped 'round the hill and his brave heart stood still
A headlight was shining in his face
As he whispered a prayer as he threw on the air
For he knew this would be his final race.
In the wreck he was found lying there on the ground
And he asked them to raise his weary head
As his breath slowly went, this message he sent
To the maiden he knew he could not wed
"There's a little white home that I bought for our own
Where I dreamed we'd be happy, bye and bye
But I'll leave it to you for I know you'll be true
Til we meet at those Golden Gates, goodbye."
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Marty Robbins The Wreck Of The Number Nine Comments
Marty forever
I'm not giving up my CD's of Marty i'll take them to my grave
don47 Those were the days when the women respected their men-not now
I listenen to pop Stoneman doing this tune 50 yrs ago.
@lilmisscarriage If my memory serves me right the original was sung by Carson Robinson and his Pioneers on the Oxidol Soap programme in the early 1930's from Radio Luxemburg- Later Radio 208
I did not know that Marty Robbins had ever sung this song. I grew up with the Jim Reeves version and always loved it. Marty did a wonderful job with the song as he did on everything that he sang. I am glad that you posted it here.
GREAT SONG!!!!
@tarquin45 Think Jimmie Rodgers ; the Father of it all "COUNTRY MUSIC ""
im a marty fan but i never heard this song thanks tarquin 45 what a gifted SINGER & SONGWRITER now thats COUNTRY!!
He expects his fiancee to stay true till she dies? What a selfish bastard.
My Lord ... what a voice!
Why are you clowns so rude. Listen to Jim Reeves if you want to. Jim was one of the greatest country singers ever. It's called respect, which their is not a hell of a lot of now day's. It's all in the raising!
Both versions in their own right get 5*****s from me
This is good!
i am biased. marty' version is better. but jim reeves was great also.
this is sparta
I love Jim's version and would argue that his version tops Marty's because he had the RCA session men accompanying him on his cut whereas Marty was just accompanying himself on guitar. I think Jim would have heard a version of the song long before Marty's as it probably dates from the 20's or 30's and Vernon Dalhart, but I'm not sure.
i am a big fan of jim reeves and love his version of this, but hey come on, isnt this truly great also? And you will be amazed to know that Jim was a big fan of Marty's , so he probably heard this version first anyway! Thank you so much for posting this Tarquin.
another REALLY GOOD version is TEX CARMEN if you get a chance....i have it on an old record
His voice is what makes him different from othe singers, That is his talent.
This song is on an Edison cylinder record.
OMGosh...so nice to hear the great Marty Robbins has preserved this song for future generations.
Thanks for posting!
:~)
I never thought I'd find this song! My grandfather used to sing this to me. Thanks a million!
Hank snow did it better.
Hello, I got my copy of Jim Revves doing this on Limewire. Hope this helps.......
I have been trying to find Jim Reeves singing this. Where did you get it, and can you tell me which album it came on? Thanks. Wonderful old song and Reeves is the best.
Great job,thank you for posting it.
For me Marty Robbins was and still is the greatest singer that ever lived on this earth.But thanks to you his memory still live"s on ,so for us the fans he is still alive.Thank you and thank you Marty for your great talent.Rest in peace and God bless you and your lovely wife Marizona.Merry christmas.
Thanks Alan and oldtexascountry for your help.
Good Job, Great Video :)