The First Train 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

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