The train run off nine mile from town And killed little Lula dead Her head was found in the drivin' wheel Her body have never been seen I cried, I moaned, I cried, I moaned I asked, "How long, how long?" I asked my captain for the time of day Say, he throwed his watch away If I listened at my mother uh, and father, they I never woulda been here today If I ever get back home, oh baby, to stay I never be treated this-a-way How long, how long, how long, how long How long 'fore I can go home? I arrived with the blues and I worked with the blues Nothin' I can get but bad news