Greenville Trestle High Lyrics - Riding The Midnight Train - Doc Watson

I remember as a boy 

How I'd wander and enjoy 

I'd watch the trains as they'd go by 

And the whistle's lonely sound 

You could hear for miles around 

As they rolled across that Greenville trestle high. 

But the whistles don't sound like they used to 

Lately not many trains go by 

Hard times across the land 

Mean no work for the railroad man 

And the Greenville trestle now don't seem so high. 

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On the river bank I'd stand 

With a cane pole in my hand 

Watch the freight trains up against the sky 

With black smoke trailing back 

As they moved along the track 

That runs across that Greenville trestle high. 

But the whistles don't sound like they used to 

Lately not many trains go by 

Hard times across this land 

Mean no work for the railroad man 

And the Greenville trestle now don't seem so high. 

When the lonesome whistles wind 

I get ramblin' on my mind 

Lord, I wish they still sounded that way 

As I turned to head for home 

Lord, she'd rumble low and long 

Towards the sunset at the close of day 

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No, the whistles don't sound like they used to 

Lately not many trains go by 

Hard times across the land 

Mean no work for the railroad man 

And the Greenville trestle now don't seem so high. 

No, the Greenville trestle now don't seem so high.