Railroad

A workin' on the railroad all day long a workin' on the railroad sing this song

Sing about an old love I once knew sing about an old love or maybe two

A workin' on the railroad a workin' on the railroad

Work work workin' on the railroad

I drove a lotta hot steel in my time I drank a lotta stuff they call moonshine

I got me a woman in every town workin' on the railroad never settle down

A workin' on the railroad a workin' on the railroad

Work work workin' on the railroad

I draw my pay on a Saturday night go in town and start a fight

Love me a woman and laught at a joke a workin' on the railroad always a broke

A workin' on the railroad a workin' on the railroad

Work work workin' on the railroad

When I die then they'll burry me alongside of tracks where I wanna be

Don't you cry friends just remember this there ain't much your ole buddy miss

A-workin' on the railroad a workin' on the railroad

Work work workin' on the railroad

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(Now we had a fella lived in Trouble named of Emery Zickafuce Brown

When he's about six years old we used to call him Emery

Course we didn't find out till he's almost nine

That his momma'd hung the elegant middle name of Zickafuce on him

Or we'd've been callin' him that all along

And of course none of us had any idea

That Zickafuce'd be so famous time he was twelve

And I'll tell you something he was famous

I know people come thirty miles

Just to take a look at Emery Zickafuce Brown

Walk away shakin' their heads not quite able to believe what they'd just seen

Time Zickafuce was twenty he had a face on him

That looked like somebody'd run four wagons together

I guess Windfield Bloodsaw he's the fella

That runs the food store in Trouble said it about as good as anybody

When he said that if we had one of those Mr America contests in Trouble

And Emery Zickafuce Brown was the only one to enter

The best he could possibly hope for was fourth place)