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GUEST,Pete Walker Origin: I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent (21) Lyr Add: RAILROAD LINE BLUES (Woody Guthrie) 04 Feb 12


Here are the lines I have. Might fill in some holes.

One leg up, one leg down,
One leg up and a hole in the ground.

Chorus:
Lord, Lord, walking down the railroad line.
Lord, Lord, I'm walking down the railroad line.

Ain't got a job, ain't got a cent,
If I ain't broke, I'm badly bent.
Lord, Lord, etc.

From Frisco Bay to old New York,
I been lookin' for a job of work.

The Susquehanna Railroad's mighty slow
Cold wind blows right through the floor.

Passenger car came down the road,
Woman and a dog in a big fur coat,

That Mississippi is full of ice,
And I otta know 'cause I fell in twice.

Passenger train come down the line,
I see how the rich folks ride.

I'd give up that road today,
For an honest job with honest pay.

I'd give up this ramblin' life
For a good warm bed and a good warm life.


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