[Verse 1]
This train don't carry no gamblers, this train
This train don't carry no gamblers, this train
This train don't carry no gamblers
No crap shooters, no midnight ramblers
This train don't carry no gamblers, this train

[Verse 2]
This train, don't carry no jokers, well, this train
This train, don't carry no jokers, well, this train
This train, don't carry no jokers
No high-tone women, no cigar smokers, well
This train, don't carry no jokers, well, this train

[Verse 3]
This train, done carried my mother, well, this train
This train, done carried my mother, well, this train
This train, done carried my mother
My mother, my father, my sister and my brother
This train, done carried my mother, well this train

[Verse 4]
This train, she's bound for glory, well, this train
This train, she's bound for glory, well, this train
This train, she's bound for glory, well, this train
This train, she's bound for glory, well, this train
This train, she's bound for glory
If you wanna get to heaven well you've got to be holy
This train, she's bound for glory, well, this train