Jimmie Rodgers — Jimmie The Kid Parts Of The Life Of Rodgers

[Verse 1] I'll tell you a story of Jimmie the Kid he's a brakeman you all know He was born in Mississippi away down south and he flagged on the T N & O He yodeled to fame on the Boston Main the Wabash and the Teepee From the old Grand Trunk to the cotton belt and he yodeled on the Santa Fe [Refrain] [?] [Verse 2] On the Lehigh Valley he yodeled awhile then he went to the Nickel Plate From the old Lake Shore and the Erie Line now he yodels to a Cadillac Eight [Refrain] [?] [Verse 3] He yodeled his way to the C & A the Lackawanna and I C He rode a rattler called the Cannonball then he yodeled on the M K & T [Refrain] [?] [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Now the story goes that Jimmie the Kid he has a yodeling mama so sweet They go Cadillacin' every night and they yodel up and down the street [Refrain] [?] [Verse 5] He's rode freight trains from East and West he's fixed himself up nice He's got a beautiful home all of his own it's the yodeler's paradise [Refrain] [?] [Verse 6] They've treated him good they've treated him bad he never done any wrong He yodels a yodel that everybody knows is the yodeling brakeman's song [Refrain] [?]