The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home by Greg Brown Lyrics

Come along, my dear, the time is growin' near
We'll have to walk down where the field is overgrown
Consumption has claimed his life and we dare not miss the sight
Of the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home

Well, we had some hard times these last few years
Lost the farm, almost lost our spirits, too
Yeah, but it's the strangest thing; when we heard that man sing
Oh, we knew somehow we'd make it through

I can hear that whistle blow; that old train is rollin' slow
Sounds like it's cryin' for the singin' brakeman, too
Back to the sunny south he'll go, and he'll never roam no more
Here's the train, oh hold me close, oh sweetheart do

Come here my little fella and let me hold you up
I want you to remember this day when you're grown
How your mama and your dad were so proud and so sad
Watchin' the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home

There goes the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home. Oh-de-loh (yodel)