Hey Porter

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Hey, Porter, Hey Porter! Would you 
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tell me the time?
How much longer will it be 'til we 
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cross that Mason Dixon Line?
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At daylight will you tell that 
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engineer to slow it down;
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Or better still, just stop the 
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train 'cause I want to look around.

2. Hey, Porter! Hey Porter! What 
time did you say?
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   How much longer will it be 'till 
I can see the light of day?
   When we hit Dixie will you tell 
that engineer to ring his bell;
   And ask everybody that ain't 
asleep to stand rightup and yell.

3. Hey, Porter! Hey Porter! It's 
getting light outside.
   This old train is puffin' smoke 
and I have to strain my eyes.
   But ask that engineer if he will 
blow his whistle please,
   'Cause I smell frost on cotton 
leaves, and I smell that Southern 
breeze.

4. Hey, Porter! Hey, Porter! Please 
get my bags for me,
   I need nobody to tell me now that
 we're in Tennessee.
   Go tell that engineer to make 
that lonesome whistle scream.
   We're not so far from home so 
take it easy on the steam.

5. Hey Porter! Hey Porter! Please 
open up my door.
   When they stop this train I'm 
gonna get off first 'cause I can't
      wait no more.
   Tell that engineer I say, "Thanks
 a lot. I didn't mind the fare.
   I'm gonna set my feet on Souther 
soil and breathe that Southern air."