Reuben from Paint Creek by Zack Danny Kitchen

Reuben's comin' down that track,
and he's got his throttle back.
Them wheels are carryin' him from his home.
If that boiler don't bust
'cause it's eat up with rust
I'll soon be a long ways from home.
Ol' Reuben had a wreck,
and it broke ol' Reuben's neck
but it never hurt a hair on my head.
I'm walkin' down that track,
hopin' I'll get back
but I'll never send a letter to my home.
I'm five hundred miles from my wife and my child
and I wish I was five hundred more.
Wish I was five hundred more.
Ol' Reuben had a wreck
it broke ol' reuben's neck
but it never hurt a hair on my head.

• Folk
• banjo
• old-time banjo
• old-time music
• Hansford