The First Train Headin' South lyrics

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'd 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

Nothin' 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 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 a 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 the driver's 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

• Artist:Johnny Horton
• Album:The Spectacular Johnny Horton (1959)