Lyric Freight Train Blues

(first release¡ºtraditional, arranged by bob dylan)

I was born in dixie in a boomer s shack,
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 ve got the freight train blues (hee, hee, hoo)
Oh, lawdy mama got em on the bottom of my ramblin shoes

And when the whistle blows, i gotta go
Baby don t you know
It looks like i m never gonna lose
The freight train blues.

Well, my daddy was a fireman and my mama hear
She was the only daughter of the engineer
My sweetheart loved the brakeman and that ain t no joke
Its a shame the way she keeps a good man broke.
I got the freight train blues (hee, hee, hoo)
Oh, lawdy i got em in the bottom of my ramblin shoes

And when the whistle blows, i gotta go
Oh mama don t you know
Well it looks like i m never gonna lose
The freight train blues.

Well, the only thing that makes you laugh again
Is a south bound whistle on a south bound train
Every place i want to go
I never can go because you know
Because i got the freight train blues (hee, hee, hoo)
Oh, lawdy mama, got em on the bottom of my ramblin shoes