I was born in Dixie in a boomer shed 
Just a little shanty by the railroad track 
Freight train was it taught me how to cry 
The holler of the driver was my lullaby 
I got the freight train blues 
Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes 
And when the whistle blows I gotta go baby, don't you know 
Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues. 

Well, my daddy was a fireman and my mama-ha 
She was the only daugther of an enginer 
My sweetheart was a brakeman and it ain't no joke 
Seems a waste to get a good man broke 
I got the freight train blues 
Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes 
And when the whistle blows I gotta go mama, don't you know 
Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues. 

Well, the only thing that makes me laugh again 
Is a southbound whistle on a southbound train 
Every place I wanna go I never can go 
Because you know I got the freight train blues 
Oh Lord mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes.