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Thread #52971 Message #813076
Posted By: wilco
28-Oct-02 - 09:16 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Life's Railway To Heaven / Union Miners?
Subject: RE: Origins: Life's Railway To Heaven / Union Miners?
This is one of the most requested songs here in East Tennessee USA. I always assumed (which is usually a mistake) that the references to a railroad in mountain terrain was an allegory for the travails of life, getting to heaven (the roundhouse), God (superintendent), etc. I wish that I didn't know that Hays had used "Old Hayseed" in the title. Hayseed Wilco in Tennessee