John H. Hammond - Freight Train Blues lyrics

[Verse 1] I was born in Dixie in a boomer shed Just a little shanty by the railroad track Freight train was it taught me how to cry The holler of the driver was my lullaby I got the freight train blues Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes And when the whistle blows I got to go baby, don't you know Well, it looks like I'm never going to lose the freight train blues [Verse 2] Well, my daddy was a fireman and my mama-ha She was the only daughter of an engineer My sweetheart was a brakeman and it ain't no joke Seems a waste to get a good man broke I got the freight train blues Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes And when the whistle blows I got to go mama, don't you know Well, it looks like I'm never going to lose the freight train blues [Verse 3] Well, the only thing that makes me laugh again Is a southbound whistle on a southbound train Every place I want to go I never can go Because you know I got the freight train blues Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes