Lyrics & Knowledge Personal Pages Record Shop Auction Links Radio & Media Kids Membership Help
The Mudcat Cafesj



User Name Thread Name Subject Posted
YorkshireYankee Lyr Add: Songs of the Yorkshire Yankee (91* d) RE: Lyr Add: Songs of the Yorkshire Yankee 02 Sep 22


In memoriam of the wonderful Lisa Null, I adapted a simple American song that felt appropriate. I call it Lisa's Freight Train.

Lisa's Freight Train
to the tune of Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotten
new words ©Vikki Appleton Fielden, July 2022

Freight train, freight train, run so fast
Freight train, freight train, run so fast
While that old train speeds along
Let us sing my joyful song


Sing and dream from dusk to dawn
Charlie helps me carry on
Now I'm dead my songs live on
And my pain is finally gone

Freight train, freight train, run so fast
Freight train, freight train, run so fast
While that old train speeds along
Let us sing my joyful song


While I lived I sang my songs
Sang them loud and sang them strong
Asked the world to sing along
Share my song when I am gone

Freight train, freight train, run so fast
Freight train, freight train, run so fast
While that old train speeds along
We will sing my final song
While that old train speeds along
Let us sing my joyful song


Post to this Thread -

Back to the Main Forum Page

By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.

By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.
   * Click on the linked number with * to view the thread split into pages (click "d" for chronologically descending).

By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.

By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.

Try it all, you will see.