[Verse 1]
Now, I was born in Dixie in a boomer shed
Just a little shanty by the railroad track
The hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby
Freight train whistle taught me how to cry

[Chorus]
I got the freight train blues
Lordy, lordy, lordy, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes
When the whistle blows I got to go, lordy, lordy
Guess I'm never gonna lose them freight train blues

[Verse 2]
I know I'm old enough to quit me runnin' around
I've tried a thousand times or more to settle down
The only thing that makes me want to navigate
Is the working whistle on that southbound freight

[Chorus]
I got thе freight train blues
Lordy, lordy, lordy, I got them in thе bottom of my rambling shoes
When the whistle blows I got to go, lordy, lordy
Guess I'm never gonna lose them freight train blues

[Verse 3]
My daddy was a foreman and my mamie-do
She was the only daughter of this brave engineer
My sweety was a brakesman and that ain't no joke
It's a shame the way I keep a good man broke
[Chorus]
I got the freight train blues
Lordy, lordy, lordy, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes
When the whistle blows I got to go, lordy, lordy
Guess I'm never gonna lose them freight train blues