I am walkin' down this track
I've got tears in my eyes
I'm tryin' to read a letter from my home
And if this train runs me right
I'll be home Saturday night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
And I hate to hear
that lonesome whistle blow
That long lonsome train whistlin down
miles and miles and miles and miles
miles and miles from home
miles from home
Well this train I ride on
is a hundred coaches long
Well, you can hear her whistle blow
a million miles
And if this train runs me right
I'll be home saturday night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
And I hate to hear
that lonesome whistle blow
I will pawn you my wagon
And I will pawn you my team
I will pawn you my watch and my chain
An' if this train runs me right
I'll be home Saturday night
'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home
Lord I hate to hear
that lonesome whistle blow
That long lonesome train whistlin' down