Freight Train Blues-Roy Acuff

[ti:] [ar:Roy Acuff] [al:Roy Acuff Selected Favorites Volume 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.46]Freight Train Blues - Roy Acuff [00:02.01]Written by：Roy Acuff [00:03.03] [00:10.85]I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack [00:13.17] [00:14.36]Just a little shanty by a railroad track [00:16.95] [00:18.65]The hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby [00:20.81] [00:22.10]A freight train whistle taught me how to cry [00:24.72] [00:26.98]I've got the freight train blues lordy lordy lordy [00:31.96] [00:32.62]I've got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes [00:35.79] [00:38.44]And when the whistle blows I've gotta go [00:40.91] [00:42.67]Oh lordy I guess I'm never gonna lose freight train blues [00:47.10] [00:48.43]My daddy was a fireman and my mammy dear [00:51.14] [00:51.93]She was the only daughter of an engineer [00:54.18] [00:55.37]My sister married a brakeman and it ain't no joke [00:58.05] [00:58.67]It's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke [01:01.59] [01:03.72]I've got freight train blues lordy lordy lordy [01:08.74] [01:09.41]I've got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes [01:12.46] [01:15.12]And when the whistle blows I've gotta go [01:17.61] [01:19.27]Oh lordy I guess I'm never gonna lose freight train blues [01:23.56] [01:25.14]A steamboat never stirs my soul [01:27.86] [01:28.86]Aeroplanes and autos always leave me cold [01:31.47] [01:32.17]The only thing that makes me want to navigate [01:34.60] [01:35.48]Is a wild cat whistle on a south bound freight [01:38.61] [01:40.56]I've got freight train blues lordy lordy lordy [01:45.47] [01:46.15]I've got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes [01:49.21] [01:51.86]And when the whistle blows I've gotta go [01:54.39] [01:56.06]Oh lordy I guess I'm never gonna lose freight train blues [02:00.47] [02:01.70]NowI know I'm old enough to quit this running round [02:04.41] [02:05.46]I've tried a hundred times to stop and settle down [02:07.92] [02:09.00]But every time I find a place I want to stay [02:11.61] [02:12.43]A freight train holler and I'm on my way [02:15.13] [02:17.36]I've got freight train blues lordy lordy lordy [02:22.38] [02:23.04]I've got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin' shoes [02:26.04] [02:28.74]And when the whistle blows I've gotta go [02:31.24] [02:32.94]Oh lordy I guess I'm never gonna lose freight train blues [02:37.78]