Pretty Little Girl From Galax

Well I've been savin' nickels and lookin' for dimes

Cleanin' out my pockets for all the money I can find

My days are filled with sadness, and every night I pine

For my sweetheart's in Virginia, and I'm in Caroline

Hey mister, won't you take me farther on down the tracks?

I've gotta find a way, can't wait another day

To see my pretty little girl from Galax

I jumped an open freight car, thought that would be alright

'Til the brakeman caught me sleepin' in the middle of the night

So I've been out here walkin' with my thumb up in the air

Checkin' passin' cars for someone to get me there

Hey mister, won't you take me farther on down the tracks?

I've gotta find a way, can't wait another day

To see my pretty little girl from Galax

Now she can play the fiddle best you've ever heard

And when she sings a sad song, I hang on every word

Been so long since I've seen her in that little mountain town

I just need someone to pick me up and lay that hammer down

Hey mister, won't you take me farther on down the tracks?

I've gotta find a way, can't wait another day

To see my pretty little girl from Galax

Mister, won't you take me farther on down the tracks?

I've gotta find a way, can't wait another day

To see my pretty little girl from Galax