Big River Train
Wilburn Brothers

[ Wilburn Bros ]
In the land of the Ponderosa pine there runs a giant 8-wheeler
Known as the Big River Train
Just before she disappears into the forset she passes by a prison
Where many a convict has dreamed of riding her rails to freedom
I'd like to tel you a story as it was told to me
It's called The Legend Of The Big River Train
Keep that 8-wheel drive a rolling let her lonesome whistle whine
For it tells the world a story as it whistles through the pines
In the death car lies a convict with a number for his name
And he's going home this morning on that old Big River Train
Well they brought him to this prison twenty years ago this date
Changed his name into a number then he became my prison mate
Somehow I knew he wasn't guilty from the very day he came
Yet they brought him to this prison on that old Big River Train
We became the best of buddies side by side through thick and thin
Then one night he told his story how he was framed by evil men
Men who bought and bribed the jury seeking only selfish gain
They sent an honest man to prison condemned him to a life of shame
Many times I've heard him tell me when he'd hear that whistle blow
That same old train that brought me here pal is gonna take me home I know
I'll ride it back to my home country and there I'll clear my honest name
Well they shipped him back this morning on that old Big River Train
But he's gone to meet his Maker in a land that's bright and new
Gone to claim a peace and freedom that heaven knows was overdue
Of a crime he wasn't guilty just a victim of a frame
Yes he came and now he's leavin' on that old Big River Train
Yes he's going home this morning on that old Big River Train


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  All Of A Sudden   All We Had Going Is Gone   Almost Persuaded   Always Alone   Answer Me My Love   Barbara Allen   Before I'm Over You   Before I'm Over You   Beneath The Willow Tree   Big Heartbreak   Blue Blue Day   Blues Plus Booze (Means I Lose)   Born To Be With You   Breaking In A Brand New Broken Heart   Bring Me Back My Heart   Burning Bridges   Cigareets Whusky And Wild Wild Women   Cotton Fields   Crazy Arms   Cry Cry Darling   Distant Drums   Don't Let Me Cross Over   Don't Sweetheart Me   Don't Let Me Cross Over   Don't Sweetheart Me   Drifting Apart   Drink Up And Go Home   Drivin' Nails In My Coffin   Drivin' Nails In My Coffin   Empty Arms   Fighting A Mem'ry   First Step Down (Is The Longest)   Fool Me One More Time   Give Them The Roses Now   Givin' Up   Glass On The Table   Go Mena Si (i'm Sorry)   Go Mena Si (I'm Sorry)   Goin' And Comin'   Goody Goody Gumdrop   Graveyard Shift   Hangin' On   Hangin' On   Happy Street   Happy Tracks   Hey Mr. Bluebird   Home You're Tearin' Down   Home You're Tearin' Down   Hurt Her Once For Me   I Almost Lost My Mind   I Can't Keep Away From You   I Can't Keep Away From You   I Don't Care (just As Long As You Love Me)   I Don't Love You Anymore   I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair   I Fall To Pieces   I Feel Like Traveling On   I Forgot To Remember To Forget   I Guess I'm Crazy (for Loving You)   I Guess I'm Crazy (For Loving You)   I Had One Too Many   I Know You Don't Love Me Anymore   I Know You Don't Love Me Anymore   I Loved You Then   I Need The Prayers   I Walk The Line   I Will Never Be Happy   I Wind Back Up With You   I Wonder Where You Are Tonight   I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye   I'll Keep Right On Lovin' You   I'll Never Stand In Your Way   I'll Sail My Ship Alone   I'm A Long Gone   I'm Beginning To Know About Me   I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight   I'm Leavin'   I'm Not Gonna Dress Up   I'm So Afraid Of Losing You Again   I've Got That Hurt On The Move   I've Got That Old Time Religion In My Heart   I'll Keep Right On Lovin' You   I'll Sail My Ship Alone   I'm A Long Gone   I'm Beginning To Know About Me   I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight   I'm Leavin'   I'm So Afraid Of Losing You Again   I've Got That Hurt On The Move   I've Got That Old Time Religion In My Heart   If I Had Yesterday Over Again   If You Don't Love Me   If You Don't Love Me   If You Were Mine   If You're With Me   If You're With Me   Is It Really Over   It Keeps Right On A Hurtin'   It Keeps Right On A Hurtin'   It Looks Like The Sun's Gonna Shine   It Looks Like The Sun's Gonna Shine   It Takes A Lot Of Money   It's A Big Old Heartache   It's Another World   It's Gonna Take A Little Time   It's A Big Old Heartache   It's Another World   It's Gonna Take A Little Time   Just To Be Where You Are   Knoxville Girl   Land Of Heaven   Left My Gal In The Mountains   Less Of Me   Let It Be Me   Lilacs In The Winter   Little Bitty Heart   Little Home In Tennessee   Little Johnny From Down The Street   Long Time Gone   Look Who's Lonely   Look Who's Lonely   Making Plans   Medals For Mothers   Mighty Day   Mountain Dew   Move Up A Little Closer   Much Too Often   My Baby's Gone   My Baby's Gone   My Day Won't Be Complete   My Day Won't Be Complete   My Favorite Memory   My Happiness   My Heart's Gonna Rise Again   My Heart's Gonna Rise Again   My Jesus Has Broad Shoulders   My Mountain Dew   Near You   Never Be Anyone Else But You   Next Best Thing   No Legal Right   No Letter Today   No Love At All   No One Knows Better Than Me   Old Folks Home   One Has My Name   One Has My Name (the Other Has My Heart)   Pickin' Up The Mail   Pickin' Up The Mail   Please Don't Tell Me   Please Don't Tell Me   Put It Off Until Tomorrow   Release Me (and Let Me Love Again)   Roll On Buddy Roll On   Satisfied Mind   She'll Walk All Over You   She's Lookin' Better By The Minute   She'll Walk All Over You   She's Lookin' Better By The Minute   Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight   Signs Are Everywhere   Some Of Your Memories (Hurt Me All Of The Time)   Someday I'll Sober Up   Someday I'll Sober Up   Someone Before Me   Someone Else's Love   Someone Else's Love   Somethin' Good'll Happen Today   Somethin' Good'll Happen Today   Take Good Care Of Her   Take Up Thy Cross   Taste Of Heaven   Tell Me Nobody Counts But Me   That Door (Will Never Open Again)   That's All I Want From You   That's When I Miss You   That's All I Want From You   That's When I Miss You   There Goes My Everything   There Stands The Glass   There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made   There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made   This Hurt You're Causing Me   This Hurt You're Causing Me   Time Changes Everything   Trouble Keeps Hangin' Around My Door   Trouble Keeps Hangin' Around My Door   Try A Little Kindness   Up This Hill And Down   Walk Through This World With Me   Warm Red Wine   Wastin' My Time   Wastin' My Time   Wayward Wind   We Need A Lot More Happiness   What's Gonna Become Of Me   What's Wrong   What's Gonna Become Of Me   When I Stop Dreaming   Which Side's The Wrong Side   Who Could Ask For More   Wild Side Of Life   Won't Stand In Your Way   Won't Stand In Your Way   World Of Forgotten People   Wrong Side (Of The Tracks)   You Can't Break The Chains Of Love   You Can't Break The Chains Of Love   You Win Again   You'll Never Get A Better Chance Than This   You're Standing In The Way   You've Still Got A Place In My Heart   You'll Never Get A Better Chance Than This   You're Standing In The Way   You've Still Got A Place In My Heart   Young But True Love

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