Number Twelve Train

DESCRIPTION: "Number Twelve train took my baby, I could not keep from cryin'. (x2)" The singer's woman left him; he grieves so much he thinks he is dying. He vows that his next girl "will have to do what poppa say."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1973
KEYWORDS: love abandonment loneliness
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 81, "Number Twelve Train" (1 text)
File: FSWB081A

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