If you missed the train I'm on
You will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
A hundred miles, a hundred miles
A hundred miles, a hundred miles
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two
Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four
Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home
Away from home, away from home
Away from home, away from home
Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home
Not a shirt on my back
Not a penny to my name
Lord, I can't go back home this ole way
This ole way, this ole way
This ole way, this ole way
Lord, I can't go back home this this ole way
If you missed the train I'm on
You will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
A hundred miles, a hundred miles
A hundred miles, a hundred miles
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles...
Alexander - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin & Concertina
Charlie Anderson - Bass
Matt Flanders - Percussion
AVB Music 2021
Written by: Hedy West
Photograph: Freight train bound for New Orleans (Jack Delano 1942)
"Railroad Sounds" from the recording entitled Rail Dynamics, COOK01270, courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. (p) (c) 1950. Used by permission.