Freight Train Blues - Traditional

I was born in Dixie in a boomer shed,

just a little shanty by the railroad track.

Freight train was it taught me how to cry.

Holler of the driver was a-my lullaby.

I got the freight train blues.

Oh Lawdy mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes.

And when the whistle blows, I gotta go,

baby, don't you know.

well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues.

Well, my daddy was a fireman and my mama,
she was the only daughter of the engineer.
My sweetheart was a brakeman and it ain't no joke,
it's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke.
I got the freight train blues.
Oh Lawdy mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes.
And when the whistle blows, I gotta go,
oh, mama, don't you know.
Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues.

Well, the only thing that makes me laugh again
is a southbound whistle on a southbound train.
Ev'ry place I wanna go,
I never can go, because, you know,
I got the freight train blues.
Oh Lawdy mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes.

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