Reuben Train

Oh, Reuben's coming down the track

And he's got his throttle back

And the rails are a-carrying him from home

If the boiler don't bust

Because it's eat up with rust

I'll soon be a long ways from home

If you don't believe I'm gone

Look at the train I'm on

You can hear the whistle blow a thousand miles

I'm a going down the track

I ain't never coming back

And I'll never get no letter from my home

Well the train run so fast

Till I knowed it couldn't last

For the wheels was a burning up the rail

Old Reuben has a wreck

And it broke old Reuben's neck

But it never hurt a hair on my head

Now I'm walking up the track

Hoping I'll get back

I'm a thousand miles away from home

If I ever get back to you

You can beat me black and blue

For I'll never leave my shanty home