Rhiannon Giddens - Freight Train Lyrics

Rhiannon Giddens Lyrics

"Freight Train"

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 goin'

When I am dead and in my grave
No more good time here I crave
Place the stones at my head and feet
And tell 'em all that I've gone to sleep

When I die lord bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut street
So I can hear ol' number nine
As she comes rollin' by

When I die Lord bury me deep
Way down on old Chesnut street
Place the stone at my head and feet
Tell 'em all that I've 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 goin'

Please don't tell what train I'm on
They won't know what route I'm goin'

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Writer(s): Elizabeth Cotten, Paul James, Fred Williams

album: "Hope Is The Thing With Feathers" (2026)

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