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T:Freight Train
Z:Webmaster
C:Elizabeth Cotten
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w:Freight train, freight train, go-ing so fast -
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w:Freight train, freight train, going so fast -
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w:Please don't tell what - train I'm on, They won't
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w:know what - route I've gone -
W:1
W:Freight train, freight train, going so fast
W:Freight train, freight train, going so fast
W:Please don't tell what train I'm on
W:So they won't know where I've gone
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W:2
W:When I'm dead and in my grave
W:No more good times here I crave
W:Place the stones at my head and feet
W:And tell them all I've gone to sleep
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W:3
W:When I die, oh bury me deep
W:Down at the end of old Chestnut Street
W:So I can hear old Number Nine
W:As she comes rolling by
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W:4
W:When I die, oh bury me deep
W:Down at the end of old Chestnut Street
W:Place the stones at my head and feet
W:And tell them all I've gone to sleep
W:
W:5
W:Freight train, freight train, going so fast
W:Freight train, freight train, going so fast
W:Please don't tell what train I'm on
W:So they won't know where I've gone

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