Freight train blues
I was born in Dixie in a boomer shack Just a little ahanty by the railroad track The humming of the driver was my lullaby And a freight train whistle taught me how to cry I got the freight train blues, Lawdy, Lawdy Got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes And when the whistle blows I gotta, Oh Lawdy Guess I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues My daddy was a fireman and my mammy dear Was the only daughter of the engineer My sweetie is a brakeman and that ain't no joke It's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke * Refrain Aeroplanes and autos always leave me cold The moaning of a steamboat never stirs my soul The only thing that makes me want to navigate Is a wildcat whistle on a south bound freight * Refrain I know I'm old enough to quit this running round I've tried a hundred times to stop and settle down But every time I find a place I'd like to stay I hear a freight train holler and I'm on my way * Refrain