Freight Train Lyrics - Doc Watson

I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack 

In a little shanty by a railroad track 

The hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby 

And a freight train whistle helped me how to cry 

I've got the freight train blues, lordy, lordy, lordy 

Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes, oh-oh 

When the whistle blows, I've gotta go 

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

My daddy is a fireman and my mama dear 

Well, she's the only daughter of an engineer 

My sweetie is a brakeman, man, and it sure ain't no joke 

Cause it knows just exactly how that keeps me broke 

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I've got the freight train blues, lordy, lordy, lordy 

Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes, oh-oh 

When the whistle blows, I've 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 marry again 

Is the wildcat whistle on our found place 

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I've got the freight train blues, lordy, lordy, lordy 

Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes, oh-oh 

When the whistle blows, I've gotta go 

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