{"id":1136,"date":"2016-05-10T18:32:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T23:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.kaybuena.com\/blog\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2018-12-01T18:45:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T00:45:32","slug":"jimmie-rodgers-last-train-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kaybuena.com\/blog\/jimmie-rodgers-last-train-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmie Rodgers&#8217; Last Train Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:18,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/kaybuena.com\\\/songs\\\/20160504%20-%20Kay%20Buena%20-%20Jimmie%20Rodgers&#039;%20Last%20Train%20Home.mp3&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20161230135412\\\/http:\\\/\\\/kaybuena.com\\\/songs\\\/20160504%20-%20Kay%20Buena%20-%20Jimmie%20Rodgers&#039;%20Last%20Train%20Home.mp3&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-01 05:47:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-01 05:47:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kaybuena.com\/songs\/20160504%20-%20Kay%20Buena%20-%20Jimmie%20Rodgers'%20Last%20Train%20Home.mp3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MP3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kaybuena.com\/songs\/20160504%20-%20Kay%20Buena%20-%20Jimmie%20Rodgers'%20Last%20Train%20Home.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"939\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.kaybuena.com\/blog\/jimmie-rodgers-last-train-home\/fueneraltrain\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blog.kaybuena.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/fueneraltrain.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"555,399\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fueneraltrain\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blog.kaybuena.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/fueneraltrain.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-939\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kaybuena.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/fueneraltrain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Long ago in a Southern State,<br \/>\nKnown as Mississippi-\u00e9<br \/>\nTwas a rambling man with a sunny smile<br \/>\nWho could sing &amp; make up songs most effort-less-ly<\/p>\n<p>Like a bird can fly through the empty sky<br \/>\nAnd the flowers bloom with a sweet perfume<br \/>\nWas a natural fact with Jimmie Rodgers tunes<br \/>\nY\u2019 left your troubles back in the other room<br \/>\nWhen the brakeman sang a yodel refrain<br \/>\nYou got your own free ride on a magic train<\/p>\n<p>Oh lee a lay eee, Ah lee a lay eee<br \/>\nYoda dee a lay ee, Dah lay eee Dah lay eee, Yoda lay eee<\/p>\n<p>It don\u2019t matter who you are or if you\u2019re troubled in your mind<br \/>\nLeave your worries at the station and your sorrow behind<br \/>\nWith the rhythm of the rails and the clickin\u2019 of the track<br \/>\nPut your smile on forward got no turnin\u2019 back<\/p>\n<p>Like a bird can fly through the empty sky<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It was a long hard day back in 33<br \/>\nWhen the Lord took Jimmie with that old T.B.<br \/>\nThey put his poor old body on a train so long<br \/>\nAll the people come to see him take his last train home<\/p>\n<p>Like a bird can fly through the empty sky<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Some where out there in no where that distant train still rides<br \/>\nWhere the coyote sings his lonesome song<br \/>\nAnd the birds harmonize up in the sky<br \/>\nIt\u2019s been 70 years but you can hear the cry<br \/>\nOf his last blue yodel as he passes by<\/p>\n<p>Oh lee a lay eee, Ah lee a lay eee<br \/>\nYoda dee a lay ee, Dah lay eee Dah lay eee, Yoda lay eee<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<b>\u00a9<\/b>\u00a02017 Caroline Abbitt Sauer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MP3 Long ago in a Southern State, Known as Mississippi-\u00e9 Twas a rambling man with a sunny smile Who could sing &amp; 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