Hanging out at the fishin’ pond I’d catch either blue gill or bass Nearby was a huge field of bluebell flowers & Kentucky blue grass
Just in time for the 3pm train I can hear in the distance the blaring whistle Warning as it comes down the track, steaming past the purple thistle
Riding slowly by the conductors knew I’d be fishing, I’d hold up my fish, they’d open the window And they’d say that’s a very nice fish Lynne, Can you catch one for me too, kiddo?
They knew me by name because they sometimes stop their train get off and say hello and come visit my grandparents on the farm. They’d usually pause, get a plate of grandmas shuckie beans and cornbread, cobbler for a meal, after all quick break, was really no harm.
It was a great time for all of us when they would arrive on occasion For the railroad men to stop by, it was for them, a little gratification