Freight Train Blues Lyrics

I was born in dixie in a boomer�s shack,
Just a little old shanty by a railroad track,
The hummin� of the drivers was my lullaby,
And a freight train whistle taught me how to cry.

Chorus:
I�ve got the freight train blues, lordy, lordy, lordy,
Got �em in the bottom of my ramblin� shoes,
And when that whistle blows, I�ve gotta go,
oh! lordy! guess I�m never gonna lose,
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.

Chorus:
I�ve got the freight train blues, lordy, lordy, lordy,
Got �em in the bottom of my ramblin� shoes,
And when the whistle blows, I�ve gotta go,
oh! lordy! guess I�m never gonna lose,
The mean old freight train blues.

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