Ah yes, My great grandmother use to sing this song to me. This if from memory (mine, not hers) but it's close to the real thing.
FAST FREIGHT Every night I listen, wonder if it's late, Wish the railroad didn't run so near, For the rattle and the clack of that old Fast Freight, Keeps a-makin' music in my ears. Chorus: Go bum again, go bum again. ......... Clickity clack, clickity clack, The wheels are singing to the rail road track, If you go you can't come back, If you go you can't come back, If you go, you can't....come....back. I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I use to be, 'Work as hard as any man in town. I've got a pretty girl, she thinks the world of me, A man would be a fool to let her down. Every night I listen, wonder if it's late. In my dreams I'm ridin' on that train. And the rattle and the clack of that old fast freight, Says "Thank the Lord I'm just a bum again."
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