Freight train, freight train, run so fast

Freight train, freight train, run so fast

Please don't tell what train I'm on

They won't know what route I'm gone

When I am dead and in my grave

No more good time here I crave

Place the stones at my head and feet

Tell them all that I'm gone to sleep

Freight train, freight train, run so fast

Freight train, freight train, run so fast

Please don't tell what train I'm on

They won't know what route I'm gone

When I die, Lord, bury me deep

Way down on ol' Chestnut Street

Then I can hear old number nine

As she come rolling by

Freight train, freight train, run so fast

Freight train, freight train, run so fast

Please don't tell what train I'm on

They won't know what route I'm gone