Uploaded by Brendude on Jan 6, 2010
Lyrics:
I got on that freight train; I tried to beat my way.
Lord, them rocks and gravel, Lord, flew all in my face. (What happened, boy?)
I asked the conductor, let me ride it blind. (Okay...)
I asked the conductor to let me ride it blind. (What did he say?)
Lord, he shook his head, said, "The train ain't none of mine."
(Left you shook up, then...)
I got a letter from Hot Spring. I tell you how it was read. (Feel any better, boy.)
I got a letter from Hot Spring. I tell you how it was read.
Lord, it's come at once, boy: your sure-'nough gal is dead. (...know whether to go blind, then...)
Come at, come at once, sure-'nough gal, sure-'nough gal is dead.
Said I left my baby standin' out back door cryin'. (Felt like somethin' else.)
I left my baby standing out back door cryin'.
I never felt so sorry, Lord, till she said goodbye.
Lord, she—, Lord, she said good—, Lord, she said goodbye.
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He sound poor then!
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Thank you Fred...
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exellent,,the man,
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Is that song got any relation with song Elizabeth Cotton - Freight Train
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lyrics please. i searched for the lyrics to this song, but freight train blues seems to be an entirely different song than this by fred mcdowell
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I first heard this in the fall of 1964 when I was 19 years old in the public library in Worcester, Mass. Also John Dudley's "Cool Water" and Vera Hall's "Black Woman". You can imagine the effect on me -- pushed me farther and farther away from whatever the center of American culture was, never to return. Good Move.
5 months ago 4
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This comes straight from his soul. This is beyond excellent. Thanks for putting it on youtube.
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I'm glad he took us with him
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I'm glad he took us along0
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