Coming down from Tennessee riding on the line
Thinking about the girl of mine couldn`t keep from crying
Honey babe I`m bound to ride
Don`t you want to go
Riding on a streetcar looking o`er the town
Eating saltine crackers ten cents a pound
Working on a railroad saving all I can
Looking for that woman ain`t got no man
If I die a railroad man bury me under the ties
So I can see old number nine as she goes rolling by
See that train a coming round the bend
Goodbye my little darling I`m on my way again