Come along my dear
the time is drawing near
We’ll have to walk down where the field is overgrown
Consumption claimed his life and we dare not miss the sight
Of the train carrying
Jimmie Rogers home
We’ve had some hard times these past few years
Lost the farm almost
lost our spirits too
But it’s the strangest
thing when we heard that man sing
Oh we knew somehow
we’d make it through
I can hear the whistle blow that ole’ train is going slow
Sounds like it’s
crying for the singing brakeman too
Back to the sunny
south he’ll go and he’ll never roam no more
Here comes the train
carrying Jimmie Rogers home
Come home my little
son and let me hold you up
I want you to remember
when you are grown
How your momma and
your dad were so proud and so sad