Oh Lord, the train is coming, oh the train is coming, it's getting steeper, and you better get your ticket, oh, and you better get your ticket, better get your ticket.
Better get your ticket, and you're rolling in the lowlands, and you're rolling in the lowlands, and you're rolling in the lowlands, better get your ticket.
And the Godfrey train is running, oh Lord, and the Godfrey train is running, and the Godfrey train is running, it's getting steeper, and you better get your running, and you better get your running,
and you better get your running, it's getting steeper, and the Godfrey train is coming, and the Godfrey train is coming, and the Godfrey train is coming, it's getting steeper.
These songs have been sung by Old Dad of New Iberia, Louisiana, on June the 22nd, 1934. Old Dad says he was a baby during the Civil War, and that means that he is about 75 years old.