Freight Train Blues Lyrics - Sittin Here Pickin The Blues - Doc Watson & Merle

I was born in dixie in a boomer shack 

In a little shanty by a railroad track 

The humming of the driver was my lullaby 

And the freight train whistle taught me how to cry 

I've got the freight train blues lordy lordy lordy 

Got em in the bottom of my rambling shoes 

When the whistle blows I gotta go 

Lordy lordy think I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues 

My daddy is a fireman and my mom a dear 

Well she's the only daughter of an engineer 

My sweetie is a brakeman man it sure ain't a joke 

Cus she knows just exactly how to keep me broke 

I've got the freight train blues lordy lordy lordy 

Got em in the bottom of my rambling shoes 

When the whistle blows I gotta go 

Lordy lordy I think I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues 

I love the sweetest little girl in this whole town 

She's the only thing that's made me settle down 

The only thing that makes me want to navigate 

Is the wildcat whistle on an outbound freight 

I've got the freight train blues lordy lordy lordy 

Got em in the bottom of my rambling shoes 

When the whistle blows I gotta go 

Lordy lordy think I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues