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Freight Train

Source Recording: Jerry Garcia and David Grisman (1994)

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Song Details

Songwriter
Elizabeth Cotten
First Release
The Seegers (1957)
Song history
Genres
Folk
Themes
Train
Popularity
Uncommon

Source Recording

Artist
Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
Album
Not For Kids Only (1994)
Key C Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 85 BPM Length 5:20 ISRC USAD49900431
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Freight Train

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Freight train freight train run so fast
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Freight train freight train run so fast
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Please don’t tell what train I’m on
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They won’t know what route I’m goin’

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

When I die oh bury me deep
Down at the end of old Chestnut Street
So I can hear old Number Nine
As she comes rolling by

When I die oh bury me deep
Down at the end of old Chestnut Street
Place the stones at my head and feet
And 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 what train I’m on
They won’t know what route I’m goin’

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