(spoken: These blues, little children made about somebody that’s gone away And that’s sad, and that gives you the blues)
As I went down to the freight depot That train come a-rollin’ by I waved my hand at my mama that I loved Goin’ down that railroad track
She’s gone, she’s gone, she’s gone, she’s gone And no cryin’ won’t bring her back She’s the only mother that I ever did love Goin’ down that railroad track
I went down to the freight depot And looked up on the sign She’s the only mother that I ever did love, in this world I was hanging my head and cryin’
Twas fare you well, fare you well And she’s gone, she’s gone, she’s gone She’s gone down that lonesome railroad, this track And she left me to weep and sing this song