Freight Train Blues


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 that whistle blows, I've gotta go
Oh Lordy, guess I'm never gonna lose
The mean old freight train blues


Writer/s: Roy Acuff / Jörgen Elofsson

Freight Train Blues de Roy Acuff

This song appears in 33 albums


Night Train to Memphis - Best of Roy Acuff
2019

The Best of Roy Acuff
2019

On the Highway
2019

Country Classics
2018

The Prodigal Son
2017

Night Train to Memphis
2015

Tennessee Waltz
2014

Gospel Music
2014

The Essential
2014

Night Train to Memphis
2014

Great Train Tracks
2014

Top 100 Classics - The Very Best of Roy Acuff
2013

Roy Acuff Presents Wabash Cannonball
2013

101 - The Essential Roy Acuff
2013

The Great Roy Acuff
2012

Roy Acuff Selected Favorites, Vol. 2
2011

Six Pack: Roy Acuff - EP
2011

The Great Speckled Bird
2010

Roy Acuff
2010

Prodigal Son
2010

Train Songs
2009

The Unforgettable Roy Acuff
2009

Roy Acuff - Wabash Cannonball
2008

Wabash Cannonball
2008

The Very Best Of
2008

Greatest Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
2007

Freight Train Blues
2007

King of the Hillbillies, Vol. I, CD A
2007

Greatest Hits of Roy Acuff
2006

Roy Acuff Selected Favorites, Volume 2
2006

Columbia Historic Edition
2002

The Essential Roy Acuff (1936-1949)
1992

Columbia Historic Edition
1987
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