Waiting For A Train~ Jimmy Rodgers
Guitar by my friend Delvero

All around the water tank waitin' for a train.
A thousand miles away from home sleepin' in the rain.
I walked up to a brakeman to give him a line of talk.
He said if you've got money I'll see that you don't walk.

I haven't got a nickel not a penny can I show.
Get off get off you railroad bum he slammed the boxcar door.
He put me off in Texas, a state I dearly love.
The wide open spaces all around me the moon and stars above.

Nobody seems to want me or lend me a helping hand.
I'm on my way from Frisco goin' back to Dixie Land.
My pocketbook is empty and my heart is full of pain.
I'm a thousand miles away from home waitin' for a train.

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Comment by Rick Alexander on July 13, 2016 at 10:22am

Good playing and singing Uncle John! I was practicing my train imitation earlier today on harmonica. I'm trying to get up to cruising speed, needs more work.

Comment by Uncle John on July 13, 2016 at 6:06am

Thanks, Jim.  I seem to be starting a train song kick.

Comment by Jim_N on July 13, 2016 at 1:31am

Nice job, UJ.  Real.  Love the acoustic stuff.

Comment by Uncle John on July 13, 2016 at 1:07am

Pick, you warned me just in time.  The Harlan Flyer went by at great speed.

Comment by the anonymous pick on July 13, 2016 at 1:01am

XD

Comment by the anonymous pick on July 13, 2016 at 1:00am

i waited  by  this train sign for 7  hrs    ,... nothin   happened  ..  friggan  false advertising   .  :-/ 

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