Doggone That Train Song Lyrics and Chords by Jimmie Davis
Doggone That Train
Written and Recorded by Jimmy Davis
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I took my girl to the depot put her on a
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north bound train
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held her hand I held it
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long and strong
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never to hold
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again
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The tears streamed down my cold pale cheeks she
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didn't even bat an
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eye
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It was a blue blue day for
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me I mean when
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Coreen said good
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bye
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gone that
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train that took my
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gal away from
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here
She
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left me blue left me lonesome too
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heart will be hard to
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cheer
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May-
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be
some
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day she'll
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catch a southbound
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train
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come back to me
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again
The fireman blew his whistle loud the
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brakeman says we're long
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gone
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train pulled out she dropped a note saying
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so long papa so
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long
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She says I'm going north where men are men
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then I'll be satis
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fied
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It was a blue blue day for
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me I mean when
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Coreen said good
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bye
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Doggone That Train?
- The song Doggone That Train was sang by Jimmie Davis.
Who is Jimmie Davis?
- James Houston Davis (September 11, 1899 - November 5, 2000) was an American politician, singer and songwriter of both sacred and popular songs. Davis was elected for two nonconsecutive terms from 1944 to 1948 and from 1960 to 1964 as the governor of his native Louisiana.
Davis was a nationally popular country music and gospel singer from the 1930s into the 1960s, occasionally recording and performing as late as the early 1990s. He appeared as himself in a number of Hollywood movies. He was inducted into six halls of fame, including the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame, and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. At the time of his death in 2000, he was the oldest living former governor as well as the last living governor to have been born in the 19th century.
