Freight Train Blues-Roy Acuff

[00:10.83]I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack [00:13.68]Just a little old shanty by a railroad track [00:16.47]The hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby [00:19.14]And a freight train whistle taught me how to cry [00:23.91]I've got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy [00:29.88]Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes [00:35.10]And when that whistle blows, I've gotta go [00:38.97]Oh Lordy, guess I'm never gonna lose [00:41.13]The mean old freight train blues [00:44.70]Now my pappy was a fireman and my mammy dear [00:47.34]Was the only daughter of an engineer [00:50.61]My sister married a brakeman and it ain't no joke [00:52.65]Now it's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke [00:57.45]I've got the freight train blues, Lordy, Lordy, Lordy [01:48.45]Got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes [01:53.55]And when that whistle blows, I've gotta go [01:56.85]Oh Lordy, guess I'm never gonna lose [01:59.52]The mean old freight train blues