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.
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'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 ramblin' shoes,
And when the whistle blows, I've gotta go,
oh! lordy! guess I'm never gonna lose,
The mean old freight train blues.
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- Miscellaneous
- Non-Album Releases
- Bashful Brother Oswald
- Gospel Music
- Tennessee Waltz
- Chronological Classics 1936-1937
- Chronological Classics 1937-1939
- I Saw the Light
- Star Of The Grand Ole Opry
- Different Worlds
- Cannon Ball
- The Best Of Roy Acuff, Volume 1
- Greatest Hits
- The King of Country Music
- The Essential Roy Acuff 1936-1949
- Western Valley Songs
- The All Time Greatest Country Artists (Volume 17)
- Roy Acuff
- Greatest Gospel Songs
- Roy Acuff Sings Gospel