First Train Heading South

Johnny Horton

I didn't know my baby loved me so-o-o-o-o Until that letter come to let me know Now I pack my bags and then I'll go And catch the first train I see heading south If I'd a got this letter in Idaho Where snow's so deep it wouldn't let me go I'd a went hog wild and melted all that snow And caught the first train I saw heading south If I'd a got this letter in Iowa (*be sure to sing/pronouce it as Io-Way) Nothing in this world could make me stay I'd a grabbed my hat and then been on my way And caught the first train I saw heading south I didn't know my baby loved me so-o-o-o-o Until that letter come to let me know Now I pack my bags and then I'll go And catch the first train I see heading south Instrumental, basically a whole regular verse with lead guitar in front. I didn't know my baby loved me so-o-o-o-o Until that letter come to let me know Now I pack my bags and then I'll go And catch the first train I see heading south If I'd a got this letter in Ohio With a busted back two arms and a broken toe There'd be no hesitation I would go And catch the first train I saw heading south But I got this letter up in Maine You can bet your bottom dollar I feel the same Every clickety clack of the drivers call her name As I ride this fast train I caught heading south I didn't know my baby loved me so-o-o-o-o Until that letter come to let me know Now I pack my bags and then I'll go-o-o And catch the first train I see heading south

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