Southern Train

Well that mean old, mean old Southern

Lord that runs through Tennessee

Well that mean old Southern

Lord that runs through Tennessee

Well it carried my babe away

And it blowed back out for me

Was that mean old, mean old fireman

And that cruel old engineer

Well that mean old fireman

And that cruel old engineer

Lord that was a low down conductor

Lord that waved that train from here

Well that mean old, mean old Southern

Lord that rolls through Tennessee

Well that mean old Southern

Lord that rolls through Tennessee

Well it carried the woman I love away

And it blowed back out for me

I was standing, I was listening

At that Southern whistle blow

I was standing, listening

At that Southern whistle blow

Well it blowed just like

Funny it never blowed before

All right

Well the train she was riding on boy

It was sixteen coaches long

Yes the train she was riding

Sixteen coaches long

Lord I know she was leaving

It just kept on blowing on

Well my mama she told me

And my papa told me too

Well my mama she told me

Papa told me too

Everybody grins in your face son

Well they ain't no friend to you

It was that mean old, mean old Southern

Lord that rolls through Tennessee

Well that mean old Southern

Lord that rolls through Tennessee

Well it carried the woman I love away

And it blowed back out for me