Doc Watson Freight Train song lyrics

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

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

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