LYRICS AND MUSIC BOB DYLAN (TRADITIONAL)
| Introduction |
|
|
| Dylan |
1. |
I was born in Dixie in a boomer shed,
just a little shanty by the railroad track.
Freight train was it taught me how to cry.
Holler of the driver was a-my lullaby.
I got the freight train blues.
Oh Lawdy mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes.
And when the whistle blows, I gotta go,
baby, don't you know.
well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues. |
|
2. |
Well, my daddy was a fireman and my mama,
she was the only daughter of the engineer.
My sweetheart was a brakeman and it ain't no joke,
it's a shame the way she keeps a good man broke.
I got the freight train blues.
Oh Lawdy mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes.
And when the whistle blows, I gotta go,
oh, mama, don't you know.
Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues. |
|
3. |
Well, the only thing that makes me laugh again
is a southbound whistle on a southbound train.
Ev'ry place I wanna go,
I never can go, because, you know,
I got the freight train blues.
Oh Lawdy mama, I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes. |
|
4. |
|
| Bridge |
|
|
|
5. |
|
| Close |
|
|
Performance lyrics initially transcribed at
The Lonesome
Sparrow Sings
Official Sony Music Lyrics at
nnn
|
RECORDING DETAILS
| Recorded: |
22 November 1961 |
| Release Date : |
19 March 1962 |
| Published : |
MCA |
| Studio: |
Columbia Studio A, New York, New York, U.S.A. |
| Master Number: |
CO 68750-1 |
| Take: |
1 |
| Producer: |
John Hammond |
| Engineer/s: |
|
| Company: |
CBS |
| Record Number : |
Columbia CL 1779 and Stereo CS 8579 |
| CD Number: |
CBS 462835-2 |
| Record: |
Side B Track 4 (19 March 1962) |
| CD: |
Track 11 (Date) |
| Time: |
x.xx minutes |
Musician:
| Bob Dylan |
Vocals/Guitar/Harmonica |
All Recording Data usually from Record /Compact Disc Cover,
and
Clinton Heylin, Dylan : Behind Closed Doors - The Recording Sessions
1960-1994 Penguin Books 1996
|
