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Freight Train
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Singer/Songwriter
Freight Train was released on January 1, 1965 by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records as a part of the album Elizabeth Cotten, Vol. 3: When I'm Gone
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1965
LabelSmithsonian Folkways Recordings/Folkways Records
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM187

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
Songwriter

Lyrics

Freight train, freight train, run so fast
Freight train, freight train, run so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
And they won't know what route I'm going
When I am dead and in my grave
No more good times here I crave
Place the stones at my head and feet
And tell 'em all that I've gone to sleep
When I die, Lord bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut Street
So I can hear Old Number Nine
As she comes rolling by
When I die, Lord bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut Street
Place the stone at my head and feet
And tell 'em all that I've gone to sleep
Written by: Elizabeth Cotten, Frederick Williams, Paul James
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