Freight Train Lyrics - Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee

Hey, to hear that old train blow 

Makes me feel like I want to ride some too 

Just don't tell 'em what train I'm on 

And they won't know what route I've gone 

I asked the brakeman to let me ride the blinds 

He says, 'I don't care Brownie this train ain't mine' 

Just don't tell 'em what train I'm on 

And they won't know what route I'm gone 

Freight train, freight train going so fast 

Freight train, freight train going so fast 

Just don't tell 'em what train I'm on 

They won't know what route I've gone 

Was a mean old farmer and a cruel old engineer 

Low down conductor wave that train from here 

Just don't tell 'em what train we're on 

They won't know what route I'm gone 

There's a long gold rail and a short crossed town 

Ride the roach till the day I die 

Just don't tell 'em what train I'm on 

And they won't know what route I've gone 

When I die don't bury me deep 

Just at the foot of old Chestnut Street 

So I can hear that old number nine 

As it rolls on down the line 

Freight train, freight train blows oh, oh, hoo 

Makes me feel like I want to ride some too 

Just don't tell 'em what train I'm on 

And they won't know what route I'm gone 

Just don't tell 'em what train I'm on 

And they won't know what route I'm gone 

Just don't tell 'em what train we're on 

And they won't know what route we gone 

Just don't tell 'em what train we're on 

And they won't know what route we gone