Lyrics
Well, I guess many of you'll know me
I'm Elizabeth Cotten from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
That's my home, I was born and raised there
But now, right now, I'm making my home in Washington, D.C.
I've been there, living there about 30, two or three years, in Washington, D.C.
I'll guess I'll live there the rest of my life
'Cause all my people are there
My daughter, her children, all the granddaughters
My greats, and greats, and greats all there
And I want to tell y'all
I'm 85 years old, I was 85 the fifth of this January just past
Thank you, thank you so much
Y'all ever heard that before?
Everybody sing
Freight train, freight train (goin' so fast)
Freight train, freight train (goin' so fast)
Please don't tell what train I'm on
They won't know what route I'm gone
When I am dead and in my grave
No more good time here I crave
Place the stones at my head and feet
Tell them all that I'm gone to sleep
(Freight train, freight train goin' so fast)
Freight train, freight train run (so fast)
Please don't tell what train I'm on
They won't know what route I've gone
When I die, Lord, bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut Street
I can hear ol' number nine
As she comes rollin' by
Freight train, freight train (goin' so fast)
(Freight train, freight train goin' so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
They won't know what route I'm gone)
Let's sing that verse once more and sing it a little louder
Let's everybody sing it
Freight train, freight train (goin' so fast)
Freight train, (freight train goin' so fast)
Please don't tell what train I'm on
They won't know what route I'm gone
Thank you very much
