Lyrics: Sam McGee
Music: Sam McGee
Robert Hunter sang this in a performance on 4 August 2002.
It appears in most setlists as "Down To The Depot".
I went down to the depot, looked up on the board
I went down to the depot, looked up on the board
It read good times, children, but better down the road
Where was you, sweet mama, when the train left the shed
Where was you, mama, when the train left the shed
You know I was down in my back yard, wishing I was dead
There was two little monkeys, sitting up in a tree
There was two little monkeys, sitting up in a tree
One says to the other, come on, let's make whoopee
You know I met a gypsy, in a fortune telling place
You know I met a gypsy, in a fortune telling place
Well she read my mind, then she slapped my face