i was born in dixie in a boomer s shack 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 ve got the freight train blues oh lawdy mama got em on the bottom of my ramblin shoes and when the whistle blows i gotta go baby don t you know it looks like i m never gonna lose the freight train blues well my daddy was a fireman and my mama here she was the only daughter of the engineer my sweetheart loved the brakeman and that ain t no joke it s a shame the way she keeps a good man broke i got the freight train blues oh lawdy i got em in the bottom of my ramblin shoes and when the whistle blows i gotta go oh mama don t you know well it looks like i m never gonna lose the freight train blues well the only thing that makes you laugh again is a south bound whistle on a south bound train every place i want to go i never can go because you know because i got the freight train blues oh lawdy mama got em on the bottom of my ramblin shoes
['acoustic blues', 'blues', 'country blues', 'delta blues', 'traditional blues', 'traditional southern folk']