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You know the guitar came to Europe with the gypsies 700 years agoSpain brought the guitar to Mexico 400 years agoU.S.A. picked a quarrel with Mexico and got Texas and CaliforniaAnd it also got the guitar and the guitar got usIt was Afro American people in the southThat worked out this way of playing it thoughYou know in Europe they usually play a guitarBut the Afro American peple worked out a way to play itJust like a drum bandThe base strings were played by a thumb with a steady beatAnd the top strings were playedWith the finger and got all the little off beatsUp in Syracuse there's a 92 year old womanWho wrote a song, which some of you may knowShe plays it, who knows it?Freight train, freight train goin' so fastFreight train, freight train goin' so fastPlease don't tell them which train I'm onSo they won't know which route I've goneWhen I die just bury me deepDown at the foot of old Chestnut StreetSo I can hear old number nineLetras de cancionesAs she goes roaring byFreight train, freight train goin' so fastFreight train, freight train goin' so fastPlease don't tell them which train I'm onSo they won't know which route I've goneWhen I'm dead and in my graveNo more good times do I cravePlace the tombstone at my head and my feetTell my friends that I've gone to sleepFreight train, freight train goin' so fastFreight train, freight train goin' so fastPlease don't tell them which train I'm onSo they won't know which route I've gone From Letras Mania