Webb Pierce - Freight Train Blues lyrics

I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack Just a little old shanty by a railroad track The humming 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 rambling 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 rambling shoes And when the whistle blows I've gotta go Oh lordy guess I'm never gonna lose The mean old freight train blues