doc watson
reuben's train
Ol' Reuben made a train and he put it on a track He ran it to the Lord knows where Oh me, oh my, ran it to the Lord knows where  Shoulda been in town when Reuben's train went down You could hear that whistle blow a hundred miles Oh me, oh my, you could hear the whistle blow a hundred miles  Last night I lay in jail had no money to go my bail Lord how it sleeted and it snowed Oh me, oh my, Lord how it sleeted and it snowed  I've been to the East, I've been to the West I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow Oh me, oh my, I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow  Oh, the train that I ride is a hundred coaches long You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles Oh me, oh my, you can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles  I got myself a blade, laid Reuben in the shade I'm startin' me a graveyard of my own Oh, me, oh, lordy my, startin' me a graveyard of my own  Ol' Reuben made a train and he put it on a track He ran it to the Lord knows where Oh me, oh my, ran it to the Lord knows where