Cannonball Blues Songtext

von Carter Family

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Der Songtext "Cannonball Blues" von der Carter Family handelt von einem Mann, der den Zug namens Cannonball nehmen will,...

Cannonball blues

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1. Oh, listen to the train coming down the
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Line, trying to make up all of her lost time
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From Buffalo
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To Washington.


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2. You can wash my jumper starch my overalls,
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Catch the train they call the Cannonball,
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From Buffalo
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To Washington.


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3. My baby's left me, she even took my shoes,
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Enough to give a man these doggone worried

Blues,
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She's gone,
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She's solid gone.



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4. Yonder comes the train coming down the
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Track, carry me away, but it ain’t gonna carry

Me back,
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My honey babe,
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My blue eyed babe.



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5. I'm going up north, I'm going up north this
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Fall, if luck don't change I won’t be back at

All,
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My honey babe,
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I'm leaving you.