Sam, oh, Sam, oh, Sam, sweet railroad
man,
You're the lovin'est man, oh, Sam,
what am in this land.
Stood by the track today with tears
in my eyes,
Your engineer, he went and passed
your mama by,
I want to die; I'll tell you why:
I've got the Panama Limited Blues!
I heard the whistle blow and then
I heard you yell,
Your engineer, he went and passed
me by like, well,
I want to die; I'll tell you why,
I got the Panama Limited Blues!
[Spoken] All aboard! For the Panama Limited to New Orleans! Let's go!
I got the choo-choo blues! Had 'em
all night and day!
I have that choo-choo blues! Had
'em all night and day!
Because that Panama Limited took
my sweet man away!
These blues, these blues, are driving
me insane,
These blues, these blues, are driving
me insane,
Don't want to hear nobody call
the Panama Limited name.
Oh, I hate to hear that choo-choo
when she blows,
Lord, I hate to hear that choo-choo
when she blows,
Because my daddy left me standing
at the station door.
[Spoken]
Oh, blow that thing, honey!
Go ahead on and mess with it!
Oh, what town is this?
Every time I see the conductor,
porter, engineer, I scream,
Every time I see the conductor,
porter, engineer, I scream,
They're from the Panama Limited,
from Chicago to New Orleans.
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