How Long How Long Blues lyrics

Leroy Carr

A traditional song which was a likely inspiration for The Train Song.

How long, how long, has that evenin` train been gone?
How long, how long, baby how long.


Heard the whistle blowin`, couldn`t see the train
Way down in my heart I had an achin` pain.
How long, How long, how long.


If I could holler like a mountain jack
I`d go up on the mountain and call my baby back.


I went up on the mountain, looked as far as I could see
The man had my woman and the blues had poor me.


I can see the green grass growin` on the hill
But I ain`t seen the green grass on a dollar bill.


I`m goin` down to Georgia, been up in Tennessee
So look me over baby, last you`ll see of me.


The brook runs into the river, river runs into the sea
If I don`t run into my baby, a train is goin` to run into me.
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