REQ: Waiting on a Train - Jimmie Rogers

[GrapeApe]

Cowpie aint got em.

move along you railroad bum.

[MBunday]

Don't know if this is the same as the Jimmie Rodgers version, but similar
lyrics are in "Around A Western Water Tank":

Around a western water tank
A-waitin' for a train,
A thousand miles away from home
A-sleepin' in the rain,
I walked up to the brakeman
And give him a line of talk.
He said, "If you've got money
I'll see that you don't walk."

"I haven't got a nickel,
Not a penny can I show."
"Get off, get off, you railroad bum--"
And he slammed the boxcar door.
He put me off in Texas,
A state I dearly love.
Wide open spaces all round me,
The moon and stars above.

Standing on the platform
Smoking a cheap cigar,
A-listenin' for the next freight train
To catch an empty car.
My pocket-book was empty,
My heart was full of pain,
A thousand miles away from home,
A-bummin' a railroad train.
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There's three more verses from Lomax "Folk Songs of North America" (I'm getting
some serious use of this book today!). Write me if you want more.

Regards,
Marje Bunday

[GrapeApe]

>Don't know if this is the same as the Jimmie Rodgers version, but >similar
>lyrics are in "Around A Western Water Tank":

yes they seem fairly similar, I will have to check to make sure though.

Yes Please post the other verses