the longest train i ever saw went down that georgia line the engine passed at six o clock and the cab passed by at nine in the pines in the pines where the sun never shines and we shiver when the cold wind blows i asked my captain for the time of day he said he throwed his watch away a long steel rail and a short cross tie i m on my way back home little girl little girl what have i done that makes you treat me so you caused me to weep you caused me to mourn you caused me to leave my home my father was an engineer died a mile out of town his head was found in the driving gear but his body was never found1