I'm on the Red Ball to Natchez,
Mississippi
There's a brown -eyed gal
waiting on the levee
I'm riding the blind
Gonna satisfy my mind
Gonna see my old hometown tonight
Oh, she's coming round the bend
There's a trite, she's like the wind
Oh, she's bound to get to
Natchez on time
I've roamed and I've rambled
round the country
Just a light -hearted fellow all alone
But I got to thinkin' here
of my folks that are so dear
Down in Mississippi, boys,
I'm goin' home
I'm on the Red Ball to Natchez,
Mississippi
There's a brown -eyed gal
waitin' on the levee
I'm ridin' the blind
I'm gonna satisfy my mind,
gonna see my old hometown tonight
Oh, she's comin' round the bend,
there's a track, she's like the wind
Oh, she's bound to get to Natchez
hometown
Oh, sun is shining bright in Mississippi
And the people are as friendly as can be
Fill that box plumb full of coal
Let the eight -wheel drivers roll
Cause that Red Ball train can't
go too fast for me
I'm on the Red Thar to Natchez,
Mississippi
There's a brown -eyed gal
waiting on the levee
I'm riding the blind
Gonna satisfy my mind
Gonna see my old hometown tonight
Oh, she's coming round the bend
Where the trikes you'd like to win
Oh, she's bound to get to
that just on time