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Key: C major•
Verse 1
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Hey, Porter, Hey Porter!
Would you tell me the time?
How much longer will it be
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C

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'Til we cross that Mason Dixon Line?
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At daylight would you tell that
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engineer to slow it down
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F

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Or better still, just stop the train
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F
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'Cause I want to look around
Verse 2
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F

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Hey, Porter! Hey Porter!
What time did you say?
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C

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How much longer will it be
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'Till I can see the light of day?
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When we hit Dixie will you tell
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that engineer to ring his bell
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F

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And ask everybody that ain't asleep to stand
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right up and yell
Interlude 1
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F

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Bb
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C
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Verse 3
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Hey, Porter! Hey Porter!
It's getting light outside
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This old train is puffin' smoke
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and I have to strain my eyes
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But ask that engineer if he will blow
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his whistle please
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F

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'Cause I smell frost on cotton leaves
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F
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And I feel that Southern breeze
Verse 4
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Hey, Porter! Hey, Porter!
Please get my bags for me
I need nobody to tell me now that
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C
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we're in Tennessee
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F

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Go tell that engineer to make that
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lonesome whistle scream
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We're not so far from home so take it
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easy on the steam
Interlude 2
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Bb
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Verse 5
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F

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Hey Porter! Hey Porter!
Please open up the door
When they stop this train I'm
gonna get off first
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C
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'Cause I can't wait no more
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Tell that engineer I said, "Thanks a lot,
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and I didn't mind the fare"
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I'm gonna set my feet on Southern soil
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And breathe that Southern air
Outro 1
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