Freight Train - Chas. McDevitt Skiffle Group Featured Nancy Whiskey on vocal Label: Oriole Composers: James, Williams Based on the Elizabeth Cotton version. Reached #5 in 1957 in the UK, and #40 in the US, one of the hits in the UK skiffle boom - Washboard percussion, tea-chest broomstick bass and banjo/guitar. First band for a lot of us oldies. Don't forget to whistle. Freight train, freight train, goin so fast Freight train, freight train, goin so fast I don't know what train he's on Won't you tell me where he's gone OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO #1: Don't know where he's headin for What he's done against the law Got no future, got no hope Just nothin but the rope OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO Freight train, freight train, goin so fast Freight train, freight train, goin so fast I don't know what train he's on Won't you tell me where he's gone OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO #2: He lost his reason, lost his life He killed his friend in mortal strife He must have moved like the rollin' skies Just a-waitin til he dies OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO Freight train, freight train, goin so fast Freight train, freight train, goin so fast I don't know what train he's on Won't you tell me where he's gone OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO #3: When he dies, just bury him please Way down the end of old Chestnut Street Poplars at his head and feet And tell them he's gone to sleep OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO Freight train, freight train, goin so fast Freight train, freight train, goin so fast I don't know what train he's on Won't you tell me where he's gone OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOOO repeat and fade
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