come along my dear the time is growin near we ll have to walk down where the field is overgrown consumption has claimed his life and we dare not miss the sight of the train carrying jimmie rodgers home well we had some hard times these last few years lost the farm almost lost our spirits too yeah but it s the strangest thing when we heard that man sing oh we knew somehow we d make it through i can hear that whistle blow that old train is rollin slow sounds like it s cryin for the singin brakeman too back to the sunny south he ll go and he ll never roam no more here s the train oh hold me close oh sweetheart do come here my little fella and let me hold you up i want you to remember this day when you re grown how your mama and your dad were so proud and so sad watchin the train carrying jimmie rodgers home there goes the train carrying jimmie rodgers home oh de loh 