First Train Headin' South

First Train Headin' South - Johnny Horton

I didn't know my baby loved me so

Until that letter come to let me know

Now I pack my bags and then I'll go

And catch the first train I see heading south

If I'd got this letter in Idaho

Where snow's so deep it wouldn't let me go

I'd went hog wild and melted all that snow

And caught the first train I saw heading south

If I'd got this letter in Iowa

Nothing in this world could make me stay

I'd grab my hat and then been on my way

And caught the first train I saw heading south

I didn't know my baby loved me so

Until that letter come to let me know

Now I pack my bags and then I'll go

And catch the first train I see heading south

I didn't know my baby loved me so

Until that letter come to let me know

Now I pack my bags and then I'll go

And catch the first train I see heading south

If I'd got this letter in Ohio

With a busted back two arms and broken toe

There'd be no hesitation I would go

And catch the first train I saw heading south

But I got this letter up in Maine

You can bet your bottom dollar I feel the same

Every clickety clack of drivers call her name

As I ride this first train I caught heading south

I didn't know my baby loved me so

Until that letter come to let me know

Now I pack my bags and then I'll go

And catch the first train I see heading south