Panama Limited Blues - Original - Bukka White

It’s this old soul, you know, time she left Chicago, you know, old soul taken

down with the flu, you know.

When she’s taken down with the flu, you know,

the tax master and the Chief come 'round that morning, they’re going to put

out, you know.

When they got there the old soul was gettin' up, you know,

singin' and cryin', you know

I ain’t got nobody take me to this train

I know you ain’t, old soul, I feel sorry for her.

A’ter while, you know,

she seen and continue gonna put out, she retched (reached) and got her two

little grandchildren, you know, and she got up on the street, you know.

The water begin to settle in old soul’s eyes she commenced to cryin' and then

singin', you know

Fare you well if I don’t see you no more

Lord, lord, lord, lord

Then old soul, you know, went on down to the Union Station, you know.

She asked the depot man what time it 'twas.

She heard 8:30 freight blowin' but

she was gon' catch that fast Panama Limited, you know.

She kinda blowed a

little diff’ent, though

After she heard this freight, you know, she asked the man again what time it

'twas.

He told her go lay her head on the rail line and she hear that rail

poppin', train time wasn’t long.

Old soul stooped down she heard the rail

poppin', you know, and she got up singin', you know

I’m a motherless child I’m a long way from my home

Don’t moan it so loud, (Aunt Haggie).

So when old soul, you know, began to moan,

you know, she heard this here train comin' in there holl’in, you know.

After the holl’in, you know, she heard the bell blowin', after the bell

blowin' she heard her when she cut down

Airbrake

When her headed you know heard the train cut down, you know, the old soul got

happy, y’know, she commenced to singin', y’know

The train I ride, it don’t burn no coal