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cnd Lyr Add: Born in Cincinnati (from Frank McGovern) (9) RE: Lyr Add: Born in Cincinnati (from Frank McGovern) 20 Dec 24


Here's the version in Ira Ford's Traditional Music of America referenced above (link). pp. 438-439 in the 1965 edition.

THE TRAIN PULLED IN THE STATION
(Tune "Wearing of the Green")

Oh, the train pulled in the station,
The bell was ringing wet.
The track ran by the depot
And I think it's running yet.

Oh, I jumped into the river,
Just because it had a bed.
I took a sheet of water,
For to cover up my head.

'Twas midnight on the ocean,
Not a street car was in sight.
While the sun and moon were shining,
And it rained all day and night.

'Twas a summer day in winter,
And the snow was raining fast,
As a barefoot boy, with shoes on,
Stood sitting in the grass.


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