All around the water tank

voiceCollected by Billie Lou Ratliff For Mary C. Parler Transcribed by Frances Majors Sung by L.D. (Jack) Franklin Dutton, Arkansas October 25, 1958 Reel 267, Item 2 All Around the Water Tank All around the water tank Waiting for a trail, A thousand miles away from home, Just sleeping in the rain. Well I walked up to a brakeman To give him a line of talk; He said, If you've got money, boy, I'll see that you don't walk. W ell, I haven't got a nickle, Not a penny can I show. Get off, get off, you railroad bum, And he slammed that boxcar door. Well, he put me off in Texas, A state I dearly love, With the wide open spaces all around me, And the moon and stars up above. Well, nobody seems to want me Or lend me a helping hand. I'm on my way from Frisco, A-going back to Dixieland. Well, my pocket book is empty, And my heart is filled with pain. A thousand miles away from home, Just waiting for a train.Funding for digitization provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the Happy Hollow Foundation