I've got the Rock Island blues, waiting for the Rock Island fare
I've got the Rock Island blues, I'm waiting for the Rock Island fare
I took the Rock Island train and take a Rock Island ride somewhere
I've got a free transportation, lookin' for the train to ride
I've got a free transportation, lookin' for the train to ride
I need to ride the Rock Island till I'm perfectly satisfied
If you ever been down you know just how I feel
Said, if you ever been down you might know just how I feel
If you ever been down you know just how I feel
I've got the Rock Island blues, waiting for the Rock Island...
I've got the Rock Island blues, I'm waiting for the Rock Island fare
I take the Rock Island train and take a hometown ride somewhere
Well I'm goin away, train comin', get on board, ooo
I'm goin away, train comin', get on board
...baby, hang crepe on your door
I've got the rickets, got the rackets, and my baby's got the Mobile blues
I've got the rickets, got the rackets, and my baby's got the Mobile blues
I've got the Rock Island blues and I don't know what to do
One thing about these women I cannot understand
One thing about the women I cannot understand
All wearin' short dresses tryin' to fool a working man
I've got the rickets, got the rackets, and my baby's got the Mobile blues
I've got the rickets, got the rackets, and my baby's got the Mobile blues
I've got the Rock Island blues and I don't know what to do
Said if anyone should ask you who composed this song
Said if anyone should ask you who composed this song
Just tell 'em Lonnie Coleman done been to your town and gone
NOTE:
Lonnie Coleman was a blues singer and probably banjoist, who recorded two titles for Columbia in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929.