Freight Train Blues

Freight Train Blues - Trixie Smith/Louis Jackson/Ernest McClay

I hate to hear that

Freight train blow boo hoo

I hate to hear that

Freight train blow boo hoo

Every time I hear

It blowin' I feel like ridin' too

I asked the brake

Man to let me ride the blind

I asked the brake man to

Let me ride the blind

He said

Little girlie you know this train ain't mine

That's a mean old fireman

Cruel old engineer

That's a mean old fireman

Cruel old engineer

It was a mean old train that took

My man away from here

I've got the freight train blues

But I'm too darn mean to cry

I've got the freight train blues

Too darn mean to cry

I'm gonna love that man till the day he die

There's three trains ready

But none ain't goin' my way

I said there's three trains ready

But none ain't goin' my way

But the sun's gonna shine in

My backdoor some day