It was of course the theme-song of the singer Anne Wilson who sang under the name Nancy Whiskey, and made the first British record of Freight Train with the Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group in 1956 or 57. She ran a skiffle & folk club at the Princess Louise before it was succeeded by Ewan & Peggy's Ballads & Blues. A skiffle group called The Easy Riders used to play sometimes at the Nancy Whiskey Club, whose guitar/washboard player was one not a million miles from my own goodself... The other members are dead now - & so is Nancy, alas...