Schwa Lyrics

Big Ol' Freight Train

Lyricist: John Mullins
Vocalist: John Mullins

Oh mama, train comin' down 
Big old freight train, been comin down 
Oh mama, this could be the end 
Big old freight train, comin round the bend 

The brakeman's dyin', the engineer he's already dead 
For all his tryin' the outlaw could not make it pay 
And now he's lyin' back on the track ten miles away 

Oh mama, runnin' on down the track 
Big old freight train, ain't never comin back 
Oh mama, this could be the end 
Big old freight train, comin round the bend 

The switchman's sleepin', the fireman he's all out of coal 
The outlaws weepin' oh he has grown so very old 
The child is sleeping in his mothers arms down in the town below 

Oh, oh sweet mama, train a comin down 
Just a big old freight train, been comin' down 
Oh mama, train bound to derail 
Big old freight train, runnin straight through hell 

The brakeman's dyin, the engineer he's already dead 
For all his tryin the outlaw could not make him pay 
And now he's dyin back on the track, ten miles away