I am just a poor girl



Trying to get back home



Waiting by the station



Barefoot on the stones



Seven years from Ponchatoula



Not one penny in my hand



Please mister help me



I come so far I cannot stand



 



He said We don't take no riders



No riders on this train



Go on ask the brakeman



He'll tell you just the same



I don't take no riders



Don't take no riders on this train



Best move on down the line, mama



Go on back from where you came



 



I done left my mama



When I was but a child



Took off with a young man



Started running wild



Seven years from Ponchatoula



Ain't nothin' gone my way



Please mister help me



Can't you hear a word I say?



 



He said We don't take no riders



No riders on this train



Go on ask the brakeman



He'll tell you just the same



I don't take no riders



Don't take no riders on this train



Best move on down the line, mama



Go on back from where you came