That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away

DESCRIPTION: "Woke up this morning, found somethin' wrong, My lovin' babe had caught that train and gone...." The singer asks the depot agent to shut the depot down so she cannot leave. But the girl is lost, and the train "will take you baby and run right over you."
AUTHOR: Words: Probably Charlie McCoy, influenced by the lyrics of "Cow Cow's Blues"/Tune: "Cow Cow's Blues" by Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport
EARLIEST DATE: 1930 (recording, Charlie McCoy)
KEYWORDS: train separation abandonment floatingverses
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Cohen-LongSteelRail, pp. 431-434, "That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away" (1 text, 1 tune)
DT, LONETRN
RECORDINGS:
Charlie McCoy, "That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away" (OKeh 8863, 1931?; rec. 1930)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Cannonball" (floating verses)
File: LSRai431

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