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Apr 3rd 2021!⃝The explanation given here is a bundle of crap and doesn't even try to get into the thoughts behind the lyrics.
It would be more meaningful if you actually tried.
What about "still ain't heard the news" ? What news? What does this refer to? I'm sure the writer here would say the death of Abraham Lincoln at the hands of an assassin, but the true is this song is not set during or immediately after the civil war as disappearing railroad blues didn't occur until the 1900s.
