Waiting for a Train

Jimmie Rodgers * Track #4 On Never No Mo’ Blues

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Album Never No Mo’ Blues

ALBUM

Jimmie Rodgers

1956

Waiting for a Train by Jimmie Rodgers

Release Date

Fri Feb 08 1929

Performed by

Jimmie Rodgers

About

This song tells the story of a man travelling the country by train, probably as an itinerant worker. These workers, also known as Hobos, started to become popular after the American Civil War in the 1860s. They would to go from town to town looking for temporary jobs and used railways as their form...

Waiting for a Train Lyrics

[Verse 1]
All around the water tank
Waiting for a train
A thousand miles away from home
Sleeping in the rain
I walked up to a brakeman
To give him a line of talk
He says, "If you've got money
I'll see that you don't walk"
I haven't got a nickel
Not a penny can I shill
"Get off, get off, you railroad bum"
He slammed the boxcar door

[Refrain]
Oh-de-lay-ee, ay-ee, oh-lay-ee

[Verse 2]
He put me off in Texas
A state I dearly love
The wide open spaces all around me
The moon and stars up above
Nobody seems to want me
Or lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from Frisco
I'm going back to Dixieland
Though my pocketbook is empty
And my heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just waiting for a train

[Refrain]
Oh-de-lay-ee, ay-ee, oh-lay-ee

Waiting for a Train Q&A

Who wrote Waiting for a Train's ?

Waiting for a Train was written by Jimmie Rodgers.

When did Jimmie Rodgers release Waiting for a Train?

Jimmie Rodgers released Waiting for a Train on Fri Feb 08 1929.

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