Freight Train
Elizabeth Cotten
Freight train freight train goin' so fast,
Freight train freight train goin' so fast,
Please don't tell what train I'm on,
So they won't know what route I've gone.
When I die, Lord, bury me deep,
Down at the foot of old Chestnut Street,
So I can hear ol' Number Nine,
As she goes rollin' by.
Freight train freight train goin' so fast,
Freight train freight train goin' so fast,
Please don't tell what train I'm on,
So they won't know what route I've gone.
When I'm dead and in my grave,
No more good times here I crave,
Place the stones at my head and feet,
And tell them all I've gone to sleep.
Freight train freight train goin' so fast,
Freight train freight train goin' so fast,
Please don't tell what train I'm on,
So they won't know what route I've gone.