It is a Jimmie Rodgers song. Roger in Baltimore posted the lyrics and chords to the forum:Norm Cohen discusses the 'Waiting for a train'/'Wild and reckless hobo' song complex in his 'Long Steel Rail' [pp 355-370 in the recent new edition]. Evidently, Professor D.K. Wilgus is working on a full-scale study. Cohen lists various recordings over 5-pages of double columns!
--Stewie.