(This old soul, you know, time she left Chicago, you know, old soul taken down with the flus, you know, when she's taken down with the flus, you know, the shack says to the chief, come 'round in the morning, they gonna cut out, you know, when they got there, the old soul was getting up, you know, singing and crying, you know,)
I ain't got no-
body to take me to this train
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmm mmmm mm mm mm
(I know you ain't, old soul, I feel sorry for her, after a while, you know, she completely content she's gonna cut out, she reckon she's got a few little grandchildren, you know, that she's got up on the street, you know, and while they begin to tell the old soul lies , she commenced crying and singing, you know,)

Fare
you well if I don't see you no more
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Ahhhhhhhhh nahhhhhhhh nahhhh nahhhh
(That old soul, you know, went down to the Union Station, you know, she asked the depot man what time it was, she heard eight thirty freight blowing, but she was gonna catch that fast Panama Limited, you know, it kind of blow a little different, you know,
And after she heard this freight, you know, she ask the man again what time it was, he told her to go and lay her head on the railroad line, and if she heard the rail popping, the train time wasn't long, old soul stooped down, and she heard the rail popping, you know, she got up and sang, you know.)

I'm a mother-
less child, I'm a long ways from my home
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmm mmmmmm mmmm mmmm

( Don't moan it, slowed down by hecky!
But when old soul, you know, begin to moan, you know, she heard this here train coming in there, hollering, you know, after holling, you know, she heard the bell blowing, after the bell blowing, she heard her when she cut down,

Air brakes!
When they heard it, you know, heard the train cut down, you know, the old soul got happy, you know, she commenced singing, you know,)

The train
I'm riding, it don't burn no coal
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmm mmm mmm mmmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmm mmmm mmmmmmmmmm