G C G down on the southern railroad line on a drowsy August day G Bm C G Came a man from across the tracks, and stopped our childish play G D C Boys don't you raise no cain today, I remember the words he said G F C G Franny Walrevan's sick you know, with a bad pain in her head [Verse 2] G C G Well, he said we've tell the engineer, that pulls old 41 G Bm C G Not to blow his whistle loud on the morning mail run G D C And the fast express from Birmingham that's always just on time G F C G She won't blow the whistle post at Crossing No. 9 [Verse 3] G C G Well, the August days soon turned to fall, and a chill was in the air G Bm C G The preacher came, the kinfolks went, and friends was everywhere G D C Then one day they brought the news that tore hard at my mind G F C G Fanny Wall Ray is gone away, from Crossing No. 9 [Verse 4] G C G Way back home in Sulphur Springs winter's coming hard G Bm C G The Georgia wind is blowing shrill across the section yard G D C The snow is falling cold and white on the Southern Railroad line G F C G And the trains they don't blow no more ---- for Crossing No. 9