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William Reedy: Music

Freight Train

(Words and Music by Elizabeth Cotten, arrangement by William Reedy)
Freight train, freight train run so fast
Freight train, freight train run so fast
Please don't tell them what train I'm on
They won't know what route I've gone

When I'm dead and in my grave
No more good times here I'll crave
Place the stones at my head and feet
Tell them all I've gone to sleep

When I die lord, bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut Street
So I can hear old Number 9
As she comes rolling by

When I die lord, bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut Street
Place the stones at my head and feet
Tell them all I've gone to sleep

Freight train, freight train run so fast
Freight train, freight train run so fast
Please don't tell them what train I'm on
They won't know what route I've gone
Please don't tell them what train I'm on
They won't know what route I've gone