The train rolled out of Mississippi eighty something years ago
I bet nobody ever knew how far it was gonna roll
So old Blue Yodeler won t you sing your sweet refrain
Jimmy did you know we s all gonna ride the train
It seems like all of my life I ve been waiting for a train
I ve clung to every song and every yodel that you ever sang
And I ve felt everything you have in these old guitar strings
Jimmy did you know we were all gonna ride that train
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So old Blue Yodeler won t you sing your sweet refrain
You were the singin brakeman who knew all about love and pain
Roll on through history, let em know where it all began
Jimmy did you know we s all gonna ride the train
Snow and Haggard said it. Like old Tubb I m gonna say it too
You re the granddad of country music and we sure did love you
Old Louis played the trumpet; It sounded mighty good back then
I wish we could bring that music back again
(chorus and out)
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