Freight Train Blues Lyrics - Singles - Roy Acuff

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 

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 

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