Freight Train Blues as arranged by Bob Dylan C I was born in Dixie in a boomer's shack F C Just a little shanty by the railroad track Freight train whistle taught me how to cry F C Hummin' of the drivers was my lullaby I got the freight train blues F G Oh lordy, mama, I got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin shoes C And when the whistle blows, I got to go F Oh baby don't you know C G C Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues Well, my daddy was a fireman and my old ma here. she was the only daughter of the engineer My sweetheart loved a brakeman and it ain't no joke Shame the way she keeps a good man broke I got the freight train blues Oh lordy, mama, I got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin shoes And when the whistle blows, I got to go Oh mama don't you know Well, it looks like I'm never gonna lose the freight train blues Well, the only thing that makes me laugh again Is the south bound whistle on a south bound train Every place I want to go I never can go because you know I got the freight train blues Oh lordy, mama, I got 'em in the bottom of my ramblin shoes