I'm on the Red Ball to Natchez,
There's a brown -eyed gal
Gonna see my old hometown tonight
Oh, she's coming round the bend
There's a trite, she's like the wind
Oh, she's bound to get to
I've roamed and I've rambled
Just a light -hearted fellow all alone
But I got to thinkin' here
of my folks that are so dear
Down in Mississippi, boys,
I'm on the Red Ball to Natchez,
There's a brown -eyed gal
I'm gonna satisfy my mind,
gonna see my old hometown tonight
Oh, she's comin' round the bend,
there's a track, she's like the wind
Oh, she's bound to get to Natchez
Oh, sun is shining bright in Mississippi
And the people are as friendly as can be
Fill that box plumb full of coal
Let the eight -wheel drivers roll
Cause that Red Ball train can't
I'm on the Red Thar to Natchez,
There's a brown -eyed gal
Gonna see my old hometown tonight
Oh, she's coming round the bend
Where the trikes you'd like to win
Oh, she's bound to get to