Classic Poem

Every time I hear a freight train comin
Oh I listen to the engine sob and moan.
Lawd, Lawd, I've got them railroad daddy blues.
And I feel so awful blue that I don't know what to do
And I wonder when my daddy's comin' home.
Lawd, Lawd, I've got them railroad daddy blues.

Listen, don't you hear the rails a-shakin'
Don't you see that headlight gleamin' down the line?
Lawd, lawd, I've got them railroad daddy blues.
She's a-comin' down the track, and I watch her ball and jack
Cause I'm lookin' for that daddy dear of mine.
Lawd, lawd, I've got them railroad daddy blues.

Listen, people, don't you hear that whistle?
Can't you see that train a-comin' down the track?
Lawd, lawd, I've got them railroad daddy blues.
Don't you know that eighty-nine with that daddy dear of mine:
Well, I know my railroad daddy's comin' back.
Lawd, lawd, I've got them railroad daddy blues.

Listen, can't you hear that bell a-ringin'?
Can't you see that smoke a-puffin' mighty fast?
Lawd, lawd, I've got them railroad daddy blues.
Don't you know they're drawin' near, and I see my daddy dear,
And I know my railroad daddy's home at last.
Lawd, lawd, I've got them railroad daddy blues.