Johnny Horton First Train Headin` South Lyrics

First Train Headin` South Lyrics

I didn't know my baby love me so until that letter come to let me know

Now I pack my bags and then I'll go and catch a first train I see headin'
south



If I got this letter in Idaho where snow's so deep it wouldn't let me go

I'd went hog wild and melted all that snow

And cought a first train I saw headin' south

If I got this letter in Iowa nothing in this world could make me stay

I'd grab my hat and then been on my way and cought a first train I see headin'
south

I didn't know my baby...

[ guitar ]

I didn't know my baby...



If I got this letter in Ohio with a busted back and arms and broken toe

There'd be no hesitation I would go and catch a first train I saw headin'
south

But I got this letter up in Maine you can bet your bottom dollar I feel the
same

Every clickety-clack of drivers call her name

As I ride this freight train I caught headin' south

I didn't know my baby...