Freight Train Blues Songtext
von Doc & Merle Watson

I was born in Dixie in a boomer shack
In a little shanty by a railroad track
The hummin′ of the driver was my lullaby
And a freight train whistle taught me how to drive
I got the freight train blues
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin′ shoes
When the whistle blows, I gotta go
Lordy, Lordy
Think I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues
My daddy is a fireman and my mom a dear
Well, she's the only daughter of an engineer
My sweetie is a brakeman, man it sure ain′t a joke
′Cause she knows just exactly how to keep me broke
I got the freight train blues


Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin′ shoes
When the whistle blows, I 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 wanna navigate
Is a wildcat whistle on an outbound freight
I got the freight train blues
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy
Got ′em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes
When the whistle blows, I gotta go
Lordy, Lordy
Think I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues