11. Reuben's Train (3:42)

Reuben had a train, went from England to Spain
He couldn't get no letter from his home
Oh lordy me, oh lordy my
He couldn't get no letter from his home

If this train runs right I'll be home tomorrow night
I'm five hundred miles from my home
I'm five hundred miles from my wife and my child
I wish I was five hundred more

I'd pawn my shoes for a bottle of booze
I'd drink it and I'd lay down and die
You can stomp all the flowers from around my grave
They'll rise up and bloom once again

If my woman said so I won't moonshine no more
I'd chop down that still and go home
It's oh lordy me and it's oh lordy my
I'd chop down that still and go home

If my woman said so I won't railroad no more
I'd sidetrack that engine and go home
It's oh lordy me and it's oh lordy my
I'd sidetrack that engine and go home

Old Reuben he got killed on that C&O Line
His body has never been found
They found his head in a driver's wheel
Bout a mile and half from town