(Elizabeth Cotten) Freight train, freight train going so fast Freight train, freight train going so fast Please don't say what train I'm on and they won't know what route I've gone. Please don't tell'em what train I'm on they won't know what route I've gone. When I'm dead and in my grave no more good times shall I pray, Place a stone at my head and feet, tell the world that I've gone to sleep. Place a stone at my head and feet, tell the world that I've gone to sleep. Freight train, freight train going so fast Freight train, freight train going so fast Please don't tell'em what train I'm on they won't know what route I've gone.