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