The Longest Train I Ever Saw

Cat. #1122 (MFH #780) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on April 9, 1970

VERSE 1
The longest train I ever saw
Run by Joe Brown's coal mine
The headlight passed at six o'clock
The cab came by at nine

VERSE 2
The prettiest girl I ever saw
Is on that train an' gone
Her eyes were blue, her cheeks was brown
An' her hair is hung way down

VERSE 3
Th train it wrecked at four miles
It killed my Evalane
Her head was found in th driver's seat
Her poor body hain't been found

VERSE 4
Th longest way, th longest day
The longest night
Was th day Evalane died

VERSE 5
I walked th track
Whole day alone
I bowed my head an' cried

VERSE 6
Th long steel rail, the short cross ties
They carried away
The arms that brought me safely here
But I'll make it home, someday