—Woody Guthrie version
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
This train is bound for glory,
Nobody rides but the righteous and the holy.
This train is bound for glory, this train.
(all verses follow same format as above.)
This train don't carry no gamblers, this train…
No crap shooters or midnight ramblers…
This train don't carry no jokers, this train…
No high-toned women and cigar smokers…
This train don't carry no liars, this train…
No false pretenders, no back-biters…
This train don't carry no smokers, this train…
Two bit liars, small time jokers…
This train don't carry no con men, this train…
No wheeler dealers, here and gone men…
This train don't carry no rustlers, this train…
Sidestreet walkers, two bit hustlers…
This train goes on to glory, this train…
No one could ride it but the pure and holy…