The First Train Headin‘ South

　　I didn't know my baby love me so

　　Until that letter come to let me know

　　Now I pack my bags and then I'll go

　　And catch a first train I see headin' south

　　If I got this letter in idaho

　　Where snow's so deep it wouldn't let me go

　　I'd went hog wild and melted all that snow

　　And cought a first train I saw headin' south

　　If I got this letter in iowa

　　Nothing in this world could make me stay

　　I'd grab my hat and then been on my way

　　And cought a first train I see headin' south

　　I didn't know my baby love me so

　　Until that letter come to let me know

　　Now I pack my bags and then I'll go

　　And catch a first train I see headin' south

　　I didn't know my baby love me so

　　Until that letter come to let me know

　　Now I pack my bags and then I'll go

　　And catch a first train I see headin' south

　　If I got this letter in Ohio

　　With a busted back and arms and broken toe

　　There'd be no hesitation I would go

　　And catch a first train I saw headin' south

　　But I got this letter up in maine

　　You can bet your bottom dollar I feel the same

　　Every clickety clack of drivers call her name

　　As I ride this first train I caught headin' south

　　I didn't know my baby love me so

　　Until that letter come to let me know

　　Now I pack my bags and then I'll go

　　And catch a first train I see headin' south