The First Train Heading South - Johnny Horton

I didn’t know my baby loved me so until that letter come to let me know

Now I pack my bags and then I’ll go and catch the 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 caught the 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 caught the first train I saw

headin' south

I didn’t know my baby loved me so until that letter come to let me know

Now I pack my bags and then I’ll go and catch the first train I see headin’south

I didn’t know my baby loved me so until that letter come to let me know

Now I’ll pack my bags and then I’ll go and catch the first train I see headin'

south

If I’d got this letter in Ohio with a busted back, two arms and broken toe

There’d be no hesitation I would go and catch the 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 loved me so until that letter come to let me know

Now I pack my bags and then I’ll go and catch the first train I see headin’south