Brakesman Blues
[The Brakeman's Blues is a collection of blues lyrics, written, arranged and recorded by Jimmie Rogers in 1928.
R. Matteson 2014]
BRAKESMAN BLUES
Portland, Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee
Portland, Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee
Any old place I hang my hat is home sweet home to me
I went to the depot and I looked up on the board,
I went to the depot and I looked up on the board,
It says good times here, but it's better down the road.
I'll eat my breakfast here, and my dinner in New Orleans,
Get my breakfast here, and my dinner in New Orleans,
I'm going to get me a mama, I ain't never seen.
Where was you mama, when the train left the shed?
Where was you mama, when the train left the shed?
Standin' in my front door, wishing I was dead.