Freight Train Blues

Words & Music:

John Lair (1935)

 

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I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack,

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Just a little old shanty by a railroad track.

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The hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby,

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And a freight train whistle taught me how to cry.

 

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I've got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy!

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Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes.

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And when that whistle blows, I've gotta go.

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Oh, Lordy!  Guess I'm never gonna lose

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The mean, old freight train blues.

 

Now, my Pappy was a fireman and my Mammy dear,

Was the only daughter of an engineer.

My sister married a brakeman and it ain't no joke.

Now, it's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke.

 

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