Come and gather all around me Listen to my teller waltz Got some good advice to give you Lotta things you oughta know Take a tip from one who travelled Never start to ramble around You're likely get wandering fever Never want to settle down I met a little boy in Frisco I asked him if he had a wife Told him I was tired of rambling I wanna settle down for life Then I heard the whistle blowin' I knew it was the Georgia train I left him standin' by the railroad I'll never see that man again Wandered all around this country Had to travel everywhere Been on that old brick line railroad Never paid a nickel fare Been from Maine to California Ended up in Mexico I wouldn't try to save no money Now I got nowhere to go Listen to a poor girl's story Listen to the things I say I hear another train a-coming And I'll soon be on my way If you wanna do me a favor Come and lay me down to die But dig my grave beside the railroad So I can hear the trains go by