Lyrics
Southbound Train (copyright Don Charbonneau)<br />
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I took the south bound this morning<br />
Heading down this railroad line<br />
I got my father here beside me<br />
Heading up to mile 43<br />
Heading up to mile 43<br />
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My dad worked on the railroad<br />
He was a breakman for forty years<br />
There’s a place he liked up here<br />
Little Lake at mile 43<br />
Little Lake at mile 43<br />
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Instrumental break ( then come back to first verse?)<br />
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I took the southbound this morning<br />
Heading down this railroad line<br />
When I get up there to mile 43<br />
I’m going to set my father free<br />
When I get up there to mile 43<br />
I’m going to set my father free<br />
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Well my daddy always told me<br />
When I leave this earthly realm<br />
There’s a place I’d like to be<br />
That little lake at mile 43<br />
That little lake at mile 43<br />
I’ll hear that freight train coming<br />
And the engineer will blow his horn<br />
For this old railroad man <br />
Up here at mile 43<br />
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I took the southbound this morning<br />
Heading down this railroad line<br />
When I get up there to mile 43<br />
I’m going to set my father free<br />
When I get up there to mile 43<br />
I’m going to set my father free<br />