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If you will listen
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A song I will sing
About my daddy
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Who ran a log train
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Way down in the southland
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In old Alabam'
We lived in a place
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That they called Chapman Town
And late in the evening
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When the sun was low
Way off in the distance
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You could hear the train blow
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The folks would come runnin'
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And mama would sing
Get the supper on the table
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Here comes the log train
Every morning
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At the break of day
He'd grab his lunch bucket
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And be on his way
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Winter or summer
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Sunshine or rain
Every morning he'd run
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That old log train
A sweatin' and swearin'
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All day long
Shoutin' get up the oxens
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Keep movin' along
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Load'er up boys
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'cause it looks like rain
I've got to get rollin'
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This old log train
This story happened
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A long time ago
The log train is silent
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God called dad to go
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But when I get to heaven
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To always remain
I'll listen for whistle
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On the old log train