900 Miles

I am walkin' down this track

I've got tears in my eyes

I'm tryin' to read a letter from my home



An' if this train runs me right

I'll be home Saturday night

'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home

Lord I hate to hear

That lonesome whistle blow



This train I ride on

Is a hundred coaches long

Well, you can hear her whistle blow

A million miles



An' if this train runs me right

I'll see my woman on saturday night

'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home

Lord I hate to hear

That lonesome whistle blow



I will pawn you my wagon

And I will pawn you my team

I will pawn you my watch and my chain



An' if this train runs me right

I'll be home Saturday night

'Cause I'm nine hundred miles from my home

Lord I hate to hear

That lonesome whistle blow

That long lonesome train whistlin' down