The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
by Ola Belle Reed

Where were you when that train left town
Standin on the corner, head a hangin down
Hey, lord I hate the train that carried my girl from town
Wish to the lord the train would wreck
Kill that engineer and break that varmint's neck
Hey Lord, I hate the train that carried my girl from town
Well the ration's on the table
Coffee's gettin' cold
Some old rounder stole my gal and gone
Hey lord I hate the train that carried my girl from town
Where were you when the train left town
Standing on the corner head a hanging down
Hey lord I hate the train that carried my girl from town ^^^


Ola Belle does this tune on the banjo,tuned in D tuning F#DF#AD and was probably learned from the original 78 by Frank Hutchison. It can be found on: Traditional Music on Rounder: A Sampler

---

It's nice to have a different version, but this is quite close to the song we have in the Digital Tradition. I think I won't harvest it.
-Joe Offer-