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O Reuben's coming down the track
and he's got that throttle back
and the wheels are a’carrying him from home
If that boiler don't bust
cause he’s eat up with rust
I'll soon be a long way from my home

If you don't believe I'm gone
just look at the train I'm on
You can hear that whistle blow a thousand miles
I'm a’going down the track
and I ain't never coming back
and I'll never get no letter from my home

Well, that train run so fast
that I knew it couldn't last
for them wheels was a’burning up the rails
O Reuben had a wreck
and it broke poor Reuben's neck
but it never hurt one hair on my head

Well, I'm walking up the track
and I’m hoping I'll get back
cause I'm a thousand miles from my home
If I ever get back to you
you can beat me black and blue
for I'll never leave my shanty home

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from The Owl and the Bat and the Bumblebee, released June 17, 2011

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Roe Family Singers Minneapolis, Minnesota

Bonfire Music Group recording artists the Roe Family Singers are a Good-Time, Old-Time Hillbilly band from the tiny community of Kirkwood Hollow, MN. Led by wife & husband Kim Roe and Quillan Roe, the band marries old-time sounds from barn-dances, fiddle pulls, and county fairs with the rock & roll passion of youth. ... more

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