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.

I went to the depot and looked up on the board
I went to the depot and looked up on the board
It says it's good times here but it's better on down the road.

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I'll eat my breakfast here get my dinner in New Orleans
I'll eat 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
Where was you mama when the train left the shed
Standing in my front door wishing you've gone I was dead...