In Richie's Carter Family Songs: Summary of Sources thread, here's the source identification:

*Lonesome Pine Special circa 1930- Railroad song attributed to Sara Carter by Janette Carter in a talk to a music class at Warren Wilson College. Janette is the daughter of Sara and A.P. Carter. Carters- 1930

The Carter Family recorded "Lonesome Pine Special" November 25, 1930, at Memphis, Tennessee.

LONESOME PINE SPECIAL
(Sara Carter)

I was walking out this morning with rambling on my mind
I am going to catch that Special, that train Called Lonesome Pine
You can hear the whistle blowing as she’s coming down the line
That’s the train I catch this morning to ease my troubling mind

Ho lalay ho, holay holay
Ho lalay ho, holay holay
Take me back to Texas, back to my old home

Oh I’m weeping like a willow and I’m mourning like a dove
There’s a girl way out in Texas that I know I really love
Oh I’m going back to Texas where the lonesome coyotes whine
Where the longhorn cattle are roaming 'round that cabin home of mine

Ho lalay ho, holay holay
Ho lalay ho, holay holay
Take me back to Texas, back to my old home

Oh, give me back my rifle; oh, give me back my gun
Give me back my home in Texas and my rambling days are done

Ho lalay ho, holay holay
Ho lalay ho, holay holay
Take me back to Texas, back to my old home


Transcription from the Bear Family box set, The Carter Family: In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiTp_9mlJ4I