Greenville Trestle High-Doc Watson

[ti:Greenville Trestle High] [ar:Doc Watson] [al:Top of the Hill Bluegrass: The] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Greenville Trestle High - Doc Watson [00:11.88]I remember as a boy how I'd wander and enjoy [00:17.50]I'd watch the trains as they'd go by [00:22.07]And the whistle's lonely sound [00:24.66]You could hear for miles around [00:27.23]As they rolled across that Greenville trestle high [00:32.37]But the whistles don't sound like they used to [00:37.84]Lately not many trains go by [00:42.63]Hard times across the land [00:44.94]Mean no work for the railroad man [00:47.86]And the Greenville trestle now don't seem so high [00:54.98] [01:13.03]On the river bank I'd stand [01:15.69]With a cane pole in my hand [01:18.61]Watch the freight trains up against the sky [01:23.22]With black smoke trailing back [01:24.23] [01:25.72]As they moved along the track [01:28.28]That runs across that Greenville trestle high [01:33.50]But the whistles don't sound like they used to [01:38.86]Lately not many trains go by [01:43.74]Hard times across this land [01:45.92]Mean no work for the railroad man [01:47.67] [01:48.78]And the Greenville trestle now don't seem so high [01:55.38] [02:33.94]When the lonesome whistles wind [02:35.98]I get rambling on my mind [02:38.66]Lord I wish they still sounded that way [02:43.70]As I turned to head for home [02:45.97]Lord she'd rumble low and long [02:49.16]Towards the sunset at the close of day [02:53.82]No the whistles don't sound like they used to [02:59.22]Lately not many trains go by [03:03.96]Hard times across the land [03:06.20]Mean no work for the railroad man [03:09.01]And the Greenville trestle now don't seem so high [03:14.05]No the Greenville trestle now don't seem so high