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I'm Going to Take the Train to Charlotte

by Fiddlin John Carson

on Fiddlin John Carson Vol. 5 1927 - 1929 (1997), Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 (1992)

Oh, take the train to Charlotte
Take that train on time
Take that train to Charlotte boys
Gonna see that gal of mine

I was young and foolish
Made up my mind to marry
Feld in love with a ____ head gal
Sho' enuf we married

Take the train to Charlotte
Take that train on time
Take that train to Charlotte boys
Gonna see that gal of mine

I hadn't been married about two weeks
He got me to the devil
Every time I smiled at her
Knocked me in the head with a shovel

Take the train to Charlotte
Take that train on time
Take that train to Charlotte boys
Gonna see that gal of mine

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Take the train to Charlotte
Take that train on time
Take that train to Charlotte boys
Gonna see that gal of mine

I hadn't been married about two months
I decided to be parted
_____________
Down the road she started

Take the train to Charlotte
Take that train on time
Take that train to Charlotte boys
Gonna see that gal of mine

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Take the train to Charlotte
Take that train on time
Take that train to Charlotte boys
Gonna see that gal of mine

Take the train to Charlotte
Take that train on time
Take that train to Charlotte boys
Gonna see that gal of mine