WAITING FOR A TRAIN
(J. Rodgers)
As recorded by Jimmie Rodgers, 1928. (Victor V-40014-B)All around the water tank
Waiting for a train
A thousand miles away from home
Sleeping in the rain.I walked up to a brakeman
To give him a line of talk
He says: "If you've got money
I'll see that you don't walk".I haven't got a nickel
Not a penny can I show
Get off, get off, you railroad bum
He slammed the boxcar do'.
YODEL
He put me off in Texas
A state I dearly love
The wide-open spaces all around me
The moon and stars up above.Nobody seems to want me
Or lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from 'Frisco
I'm going back to Dixie land.Though my pocketbook is empty
And my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just waiting for a train.
YODEL