Lyrics:

First Train Heading South
by Johnny Horton

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 heading south

If I 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 heading south

If I got this letter in Iowa
Nothing 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 heading 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 heading south

[ guitar ]

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 heading south

If I'd got this letter in Ohio
With a busted back two arms and broken toe
There'd be no hesitation I would go
And catch the first train I saw heading south

But I got this letter up in Maine
You can bet your bottom dollar I feel the same
Every clickety clack of drivers call her name
As I ride this first train I caught heading 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 heading south