Reubens Train

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Oh Reuben had a train and he run it in the rain 
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He couldn't get no letter from his home 

 
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And I say oh me, 
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Oh Lordy my couldn't get no letter from his home 
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Oh he oughta been uptown when 

Reuben's train rolled down 
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He'd hear that whistle blow a hundred   miles 
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A hundred miles a hundred miles away from home 
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He'd hear that whistle blow a hundred miles 



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Oh he ought to have been uptown when the police knocked him down 
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He'd hear that poor boy holler a hundred miles 

A hundred miles a hundred miles away from home 
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He'd hear that poor boy holler a hundred miles 


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Oh  it's a long steel rail 

It's a short cross path 
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Oh I'm bound to get to heaven when  I die 

Well it’s oh me oh lordy my 
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I'm bound to get to heaven when  I die 

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Oh now Reuben got killed on the sea of his old life 
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and his poor body's never been found 
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But they found his head in a driver's about a mile and a half from town 
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My poor    boy 


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Oh now stop my raised blade lay your ribbon in the shade or 
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I'll start a little graveyard of my own 

Well so me oh 
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Lordy my I'm gonna start a little graveyard of 
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my own