That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away (Charlie McCoy) Woke up this morning Found something wrong My lovin' babe had caught that Train and gone Now won't you starch my jumper Iron my overalls I'm gonna ride that train That they call the Cannonball. Mister Depot Agent Close your depot down The woman I'm lovin' she's fixin'a Blow this town Now that mean old fireman, That cruel old engineer Gon' take my baby And leave me lonesome here It ain't no tellin' What that train won't do It'll take your baby'n Run right over you Now that engineer man Oughta be 'shamed of himself Take women from their husbands Babies from their mother's breast I walked down the track Where the stars refuse to shine Look like every minute I was going to lose my mind Now my knees was weak, My footsteps was all I heard Look like every minute I was steppn'in another world Mister Depot Agent Close your depot down The girl I'm lovin' She's fixin'a blow this town Now that mean old fireman, That cruel old engineer Gon' take my baby And leave me lonesome here Charlie McCoy, a blues singer and mandolin player from the Jackson, Mississippi area in the '30s did this song. MO MO Apr98
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