The Brakeman's Blues - Jimmie Rodgers

Portland Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee

Portland Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee

Any old place I hang my hat is home sweet home to me

Hey, hey, hey

I went to the depot and looked up on the board

Went to the depot and looked up on the board, hello Memphis

It says, «It's good times here but it’s better on down the road»

I’ll eat my breakfast here, get my dinner in New Orleans, right on down to

Birmingham

Get my breakfast here, get my dinner in New Orleans

I’m gonna get me a mama, Lord I ain’t never seen

Where was you mama when the train left the shed?

Hey buddy

Where was you mama when the train left the shed?

Standing in my front door wishing to God I was dead

If your house catch a fire, there ain’t no water around, sing them blues boy

If your house catch a fire, there ain’t no water 'round

Just put my trunk out the window, let the house burn on down

If that’s your mama, you better tie her to your side

If that’s your mama, you better tie her to your side, your noise

'Cause if she flag my train, I’m sure gonna let her ride