It happened on the railway the NC and St L

On the branch line up to Pikeville this story I will tell

Postmaster on the Condra paid off his section gang

For he was the station agent down at Cedar Springs

Condra's switch was the flag stop on the NC and St L

Just across the river with its rolling swells

A pickerage station for the line on the timetable to see

There between Jasper and Whitwell in sunny Tennessee

On the second day of January 1925

Two gunmen tried to steal the pay taking Condra's life

While working at the General Store Mary Condra survived

And only by an act of faith was she left alive

Condra's switch was the flag stop on the NC and St L

Just across the river with its rolling swells

A pickerage station for the line on the timetable to see

There between Jasper and Whitwell in sunny Tennessee

The section gang would work the line from Jasper to Whitwell

Were paid off early in the day so history does us tell

One gunman he was jailed and hung the other pulled a hitch

For killing all the Condra that night at Condra's Switch

Condra's switch was the flag stop on the NC and St L

Just across the river with its rolling swells

A pickerage station for the line on the timetable to see

There between Jasper and Whitwell in sunny Tennessee