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Thread #113809   Message #2423840
Posted By: Stewie
27-Aug-08 - 07:51 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Railroad Bill (from Will Bennett)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Will Bennett's 'Railroad Bill'
Paul Oliver gives a part transcription at pp241-242 of the Cambridge Uni paperback edition of 'Songsters & Saints'. Unfortunately, he ends his transcription at the 38 Special stanza. However, he goes on to note:

Will Bennett's interpretation of the song has several more verses, but these are dissociated from the main theme. In his concluding stanza, he stated 'I'm goin' to the World in the Natchez Queen', making an oblique reference to the World's Fair, held in St Louis in 1904; an indication at least of the age of some of the verses he was using, and very probably an indication of the advanced age of the singer himself.


I hope the above is of some help.

--Stewie.