Down By The Railroad Track

I had a girl named Annabel She thought the world of me But for some cause her family And I could not agree And if I called there at her house 'Twas sure to start a fight So for that reason we would take A walk each Wednesday night Down by the railroad track Down by the railroad track I'd hold her hand and she'd hold mine Down by the railroad track Some people spoon in parlour chairs And some in Ford sedans But Annabel and I we had To make some other plans We couldn't use the parlour And we had no Ford you see So every Wednesday night you'd find Sweet Annabel and me Down by the railroad track Down by the railroad track We'd sit for hours and hours and hours Down by the railroad track I courted her for seven months Until one summer's day Her father found it out and then There was the deuce to pay He said "Young man Come here to me" I want a word with you." And where do you think I found myself When finally I came to? Down by the railroad track Down by the railroad track The birds were singing merrily Down by the railroad track We're married now and settled down With children of our own Across the door there hangs a sign Which says "God Bless Our Home" Both she and I take walks each night But up and down the floor To try and get the kids to sleep We never walk no more Down by the railroad track Down by the railroad track I wonder who is there tonight Down by the railroad track It seems to me the big events That happened in my life Like smoking my first cigarette Proposing to my wife All happened in the self-same place For sure it's jinx to me And still there's couples there each day They call it heavenly Down by the railroad track Down by the railroad track That's where I lost my liberty Down by the railroad track The other day our little girl Said,"Momma tell me do If good girls go to heaven Do the bad girls go there too?" "No, just good girls go to heaven, dear." The mother softly sighed "Then mother, where do the bad girls go?" And Annabel replied "Down by the railroad track Down by the railroad track Now run and play and don't you stay Down by the railroad track."