Hank Snow performs "I'm Moving On"on The Jimmy Dean Show.

Hank Snow performs "I'm Moving On"on The Jimmy Dean Show.

"I'm Moving On" is a 1950 country standard written by Hank Snow.

The song, a 12-bar blues, reached #1 on the Billboard country singles chart and stayed there for 21 weeks, tying a record for the most weeks atop the chart.It was the first of seven number-one Billboard country hits Snow scored throughout his career on that chart.The song's success led to Snow joining the Grand Ole Opry cast in 1950.

Hank Snow I'm Movin' On Lyrics

That big eight wheeler a rollin' down the track

Means your true lovin' daddy ain't comin' back

Cause I'm movin' on, I'll soon be gone

You were flyin' too high for my little old sky

So I'm movin' on

 

That big loud whistle as it blew and blew

Said hello to the Southland, we're comin' to you

And we're movin' on, oh hear my song

You had the laugh on me, so I've set you free

And I'm movin' on

 

Mister Fireman, won't you please listen to me

Cause I got a pretty mama in Tennessee

Keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on

So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll

And keep movin' me on

 

Mister Engineer take that throttle in hand

This rattler's the fastest in the southern land

To keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on

You're gonna ease my mind, put me there on time

And keep rollin' on

 

I warned you baby from time to time

But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind

Now I'm movin' on, I'm rollin' on

You have broken your vow and it's all over now

So I'm movin' on