A 1920 popular song
words by Haven Gillespie & Howard Washington
music by C. Luckeyth Roberts
edited by Roy Bargy
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- My lovin’ sweetie’s gone
My lovin’ sweetie’s gone away
Yes, he’s gone an’ run away
Got the blues, got the blues
Been a-cryin’ all the whole day through
All I wanted was my kissin’
But mah baby is a missin’
Once again on a choo-choo train, Oh!
I wouldn’t feel so bad, but he was all I ever had
He was all I ever had
Now he’s boun’, out of town
But I’m gonna try to run him down
I was waitin’ for my squeezin’
When he started in to tease ‘n’
Rolled away, yes, he rolled away
Enjine whistles blowin’, ding-dong, now he’s goin’
Chorus
I’ve got the feelin’ bad, I’ve got the feelin’ bad
I’ve got the feelin’ called the Railroad Blues
He didn’t tell me why, he didn’t say goodbye
Got everything I had except my shoes
He left me flat just where I’m at
An’ blew, that bird has flew
Now all I do is think, can’t even sleep a wink
A-thinkin’ of the things he done for me
An’ every night it’s cold, or else I’m getting old
An’ all he left me was a memory
Oh! he was mine till the train pulled in
With the blues, them Railroad Blues
- There is a tie that binds, them little rails that wind an’ wind
Yes, them rails that wind an’ wind
But the blues, Lawd, the blues
Comes from walkin’ in your weary shoes
An’ them ties that is a bindin’ rails
Is causin’ me to lose mah lovin’ man
Yes, mah lovin’ man, Oh!
There is a choo-choo train that’s gonna follow him aroun’
Gonna follow him aroun’
An’ I’m broke, yes, I’m broke
But I’ll hoof it till I run him down
Tho’ my shoes may go to uppers, an’ my uppers go to nothin’
I’ll be there, yes, I’ll be there
Enjine whistles blowin’, ding-dong, now he’s goin’
Sung here by Fred Feild: