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Tennessee Ernie Ford - Freight Train Blues lyrics



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

Chorus:
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 gotta go
oh! lordy! guess I’m never gonna lose
The mean old freight train blues

My father was a fireman and my momma 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 know I'am old enough to quit my runnin' round
I tried a hundred times to stop and settle down
but every time I find a place that I want to stay
I hear a freight train whistle and I'm on my way

Chorus:
I’ve got the freight train blues, lordy, lordy, lordy
Got ’em in the bottom of my ramblin’ shoes
And when the whistle blows, I gotta’ go
oh! lordy! guess I’m never gonna’ lose
The mean old freight train blues
There's that ole mournful whistle...so...so long
Songs list of album: Gather 'Round (1959)
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01    Brown's Ferry Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
02    Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair lyrics Add lyrics   -
03    Old Blue lyrics Add lyrics   -
04   Freight Train Blues lyrics   -
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