Reuben

Old Reuben had a train;
It run from England to Spain.
But he couldn’t get no letters from his home.
You outta been uptown
When old Reuben’s train rolled down.
Lord, you’d hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

If you don’t believe I’m gone,
Watch this train that I crawl on.
Lord, I’m nine hundred miles away from home.
I’m nine hundred miles away
From my wife and my child.
Lord, I wish I was nine hundred more.

Old Reuben he got drunk,
He pawned his watch and chain,
And also his gold diamond ring.
I’ll pawn you my watch,
Yes, I’ll pawn you my chain,
And I’ll pawn you my gold diamond ring.

Old Reuben got killed
On the C and O line,
And his poor body’s never been found.
They found his head
In a driver’s wheel
About a mile and a half from town.