well the judge he found me guilty of wrongdoing and he sentenced me to hang in mid july he looked down at me and said your life s a ruin if i were you i d break right down and cry well nobody seems to care that i ain t guilty lord i never did the things they said i ve done but i guess they re gonna have to hang somebody and it s looking like i m gonna be the one so send my body home on a freight train and don t worry none that i don t go first class send my body home on a freight train so everyone can see me when i pass and don t worry none about no fancy funeral cause it don t matter how they lay me down just see they bury me out by mama s apple tree and send my body back to my home town well my mama was a damn hard working woman and she tried to raise us kids without a fault last thing that she said she was on her dying bed was son don t get in trouble with the law whenever my time comes to meet my maker i m gonna try to do my very best i m gonna try to stand and take it like a man when they ask if i have one request well i ll just say send my body home on a freight train and don t worry none that i don t go first class send my body home on a freight train so everyone can see me when i pass and don t worry none about no fancy funeral cause it don t matter how they lay me down just see they bury me out by mama s apple tree and send my body back to my home town yeah just see they bury me out by mama s apple tree and send my body back to my home town