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26 Nov 97 - 05:40 PM (#16741) Subject: Riding on a railroad car From: Richard Looking for the words and music to this song that was being sung in the 1860s. Any ideas out there? |
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06 Dec 09 - 12:19 AM (#2781849) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: GUEST,TITLE is likely "Riding IN a Railroad Car" http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:2UdB-QVj9UEJ:www.mudcat.org/thread_pf.cfm%3Fthreadid%3D62852+%22riding+in+a+railroad+car%22 |
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06 Dec 09 - 06:46 PM (#2782436) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: GUEST,Joe The sixth verse of an eight-verse song goes: As I ride along in this freight car, My dear mother's voice I can hear. She's crying, "O son, do not leave me. It's more than my poor heart can bear." Could this be the song sought for? If so I have all the words and I can sing the tune. |
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06 Dec 09 - 06:54 PM (#2782441) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: GUEST,999 Joe, wouldf you please post the words? |
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08 Dec 09 - 12:25 AM (#2783508) Subject: Lyr Add: RIDIN' IN A RAILROAD KEER (W J Florence) From: Jim Dixon From the sheet music at The Levy Collection: RIDIN' IN A RAILROAD KEER. Written and composed by W. J. Florence And sung by Mrs. W. J. Florence in the principal theatres of Europe & America St. Louis: R. J. Compton, 1859. 1. Suke Sattinet was a comely gal, and loved her parents dear, Till she met Sim Jim, the miller's son, a-ridin' in a railroad keer. Slim Jim's dad's house was top of the hill. Suke Sattinet she lived near. 'Twas going to the mill she met Slim Jim, a-ridin' in a railroad keer. Ridin' in a railroad keer, 'Twas going to the mill she met Slim Jim, ridin' in a railroad keer. 2. He winked at Sal, and she looked sly, then called her his duck and dear! Says Jim: Will you have me? Says Suke: I will. – ridin' in a railroad keer. But, as they neared the old man's house, Jim began to shake with fear, And he lost all the courage he had before, ridin' in a railroad keer. Ridin' in a railroad keer, And he lost all the courage he had before, ridin' in a railroad keer. 3. When they got to the house, he took off his cap, then bowed and scraped so queer. Says he: Your daughter promised to be mine, ridin' in a railroad keer. The old man took his gun from the shelf. Says he: Slim Jim, just clear, Or I'll blow you so high, you'll never come down, ridin' in a railroad keer. Ridin' in a railroad keer, Or I'll blow you so high, you'll never come down, ridin' in a railroad keer. [The same song is also found in a song sheet (broadside) at The Library of Congress.] |
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08 Dec 09 - 07:54 AM (#2783650) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: GUEST,Joe Reply to guest999. - I submitted the full words with other information 7.12.09. As a complete beginner to computing {teaching myself} Can anyone tell me how to retrieve this message to re submit as it seems to have gone astray. |
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09 Dec 09 - 01:59 AM (#2784412) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: Joe Offer Hi, Joe- I'm the one who usually finds such things, and I'm pretty good at it; but I couldn't find your 7.12.09 message. I think maybe it didn't "take" - that happens sometimes. HOWEVER, I did find the complete song you were referring to - it was posted in 2006 under the name The Boy Who Could Never Come Home. All the best to you. -Joe Offer- |
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09 Dec 09 - 05:19 AM (#2784464) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: GUEST,Joe. Joe Offer, the song you give {9.12.09} is the one I have. CHECK OUT A LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY SCOTS/CANADIAN SONG CALLED---"ALLAN McPHERSON" the last two verses [in reverse order] are the same in both @ there are similarities in the first two verses the other four verses are completely different Yours, Joe. |
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09 Dec 09 - 04:35 PM (#2784875) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: Charley Noble There's also this old jewel collected by a family friend: Variant collected by Winfred (Wendy) L. Holt in 1930's Originally by minstrel performer Sam Devere 1878 Riding on the Elevated Railroad Riding on the elevated railroad – I'll tell you all about it in my song; I looked in all the second story windows As the little train was moving right along; Some were eating, some were drinking, some were sleeping, Some were laughing, some did cry – Some very funny sights I saw there, And I took them in as I went by. Chorus: Riding on the elevated railroad – It's pleasant and it just suits me; If you take it day or night, You'll say that I am right, Some very funny sights you'll see. In the first house I saw a woman washing, While the steam was flying thick about her head; In the next house I saw a little darling, She was trying hard to make up the bed; In the next house a woman was frying beefsteak; She was a fighter for she had a wicked eye, While her husband was singing to the baby, "We'll be happy in the sweet by and by." In the next house I saw a lively bull pup, He was chasing a cat for life about the room; In the next house a woman having a picnic, She was trying to stab her husband with a broom; In the next house I saw a lot of Dutchmen Eating sauerkraut and drinking larger beer; In the next house a fellow and his sweetheart, He was doing his level best to chew her ear. In the next house I saw an aged bachelor, He was trying to sew his pants up with a nail; In the next house I saw a little baby, It was trying hard to bite a poodle's tail; In the next house I saw a woman waiting For her husband dear to come and get his tea – But I saw him in the house upon the corner With another fellow's wife upon his knee. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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10 Dec 09 - 02:25 PM (#2785541) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: ard mhacha Joe Offer, That song, The boy who never came home, was popular with the old timers here in Ireland when I was a boy. The title of the song was different, I cannot re-call it now. I think Bud Billings sang it, I sent away to an English collector for the old single a few years ago and after searching around my home I have had no luck in finding it. If i do come across it I will post the details. |
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10 Dec 09 - 02:38 PM (#2785556) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: ard mhacha Joe I just googled Bud Billings and Mudcat has already had a Thread on this song, The name of the song and also the Thread is `The Wanderers warning`, the singer was Bud Billings. On the reverse side is another old favourite `Will the angels play there harps for me!. |
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10 Dec 09 - 10:54 PM (#2785881) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: GUEST WILL THE ANGELS PLAY THEIR HARPS FOR ME? (D. White / Hirsch) Josef Locke I was passing by the churchyard in the city and I saw a beggar old and grey. With his hands outstretched he asked the folks for pity, and it made me sad to hear him say: Oh I wonder, yes I wonder, will the angels way up yonder will the angels play their harps for me? For my heart is growing dreary and my feet are growing weary. Will the angels play their haprs for me? Oh a million miles I've travelled, and a million sights I've seen and I'm ready for the glory soon to be. Oh I wonder, yes I wonder, will the angels way up yonder will the angels play their harps for me? Oh I wonder, yes I wonder, will the angels way up yonder will the angels play their harps for me? Oh my heart is growing dreary, and my feet are growing weary will the angels play their harps for me? Oh a million miles I've travelled, and a million sights I've seen and I'm ready for the glory soon to be. Oh I wonder yes, I wonder, will the angels way up yonder will the angels play their harps for me? |
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11 Dec 09 - 05:54 AM (#2785989) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: GUEST,Joe __- W ill The Angels Play Their Harps For Me? __ |
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11 Dec 09 - 08:07 AM (#2786035) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: GUEST,Joe. --Will The Angels Play Their Harps For Me?-- My late Father sang a slightly different version. Verse I was passing by a churchyard in the city one when I saw a beggar old and grey with his arms outstretched he asked the folks for pity and it made me sad to hear him say ----------------------------------------------------------- ch. ----- Oh I wonder yes I wonder will the angels way up yonder will the angels play their harps for me For my heart is growing dreary and my feet are growing wearie will the angels play their harps for me. Oh a million miles I,ve travelled and a million sights I,ve seen and I,m ready for the glory soon to be Oh I wonder yes I wonder will the angels way up yonder will the angels play their harps for me. ------------------------------------------------------ verse Will I ride up to the pearly gates in glory 2 in a chariot of shining gold will I see the folks that went up there before me when I,m safetly gathered in the fold. -------------------------------------------------------- repeat full chorus ----------------------------
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11 Dec 09 - 01:29 PM (#2786254) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: ard mhacha Guest Joe, Those are the verses sung by Bud Billings, but please be sober the next time you type. |
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11 Dec 09 - 01:38 PM (#2786262) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: ard mhacha Get your ears around this one, |
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11 Dec 09 - 01:41 PM (#2786270) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: ard mhacha Sorry Joe it`s the booze, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPBMfXvi_EU |
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12 Dec 09 - 06:44 PM (#2787154) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: GUEST,Joe hello ard mhach. in your last posting you give a no. to get to youtube when this no. is clicked it gets through to youtube but when I enter it in the search page it comes up as wrong Where am I going wrong? As you may have gathered I am a complete beginner on a computer {20 days} Yours, Joe. |
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13 Dec 09 - 07:02 AM (#2787315) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: ard mhacha Joe hit my blue clicky above and it will take you there. |
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21 Jan 10 - 05:09 PM (#2818002) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: GUEST,John Williamson Scotland. Hello Joe, This song, as you may know is called, " THE WANDERER'S WARNING" the other side, if i recall, was "Will ANGELS PLAY THEIR HARPS FOR ME" When i was a kid, my parents played this record, and to this day, i love the words to both. Unfortunately, i cannot get a copy, and i have tried. Lovely Song. By the way, i am 64 now, and never have forgot this record . Take care. |
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22 Jan 10 - 07:17 AM (#2818357) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: Gutcher Hello John,W.A.P.T.H.F.M.was a favourite of my Fathers & T.W.W. a great favourite of a good friend,recently deceased. If you want to hear W.A.P.T.H.F.M. go to the posting by ARD MHACHA above & click on the last line[in blue] 1.41pm. Yours, Joe. |
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23 Jan 10 - 04:50 PM (#2819832) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: Jim Dixon This is not really a good place to be posting lyrics of, or getting into long discussions of, THE WANDERER'S WARNING or WILL THE ANGELS PLAY THEIR HARPS FOR ME, since (1) the title of this thread is "Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car" and (2) there are already several other threads about these songs: Lyr Req: The Wanderer's Warning (1) Lyr Req: The Wanderer's Warning (2) Lyr Req: The Wanderer's Warning (3) Lyr Req: Will the Angels Play Their Harps for Me? (1) Lyr Req: Will the Angels Play Their Harps for Me? (2) |
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23 Jan 10 - 06:16 PM (#2819882) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: Gutcher Sorry Jim, I was just passing a few friendly comments to a complete stranger. I promise to read the newcomer,s guide [which I skipped] & to be a better bairnie in future. Joe. |
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18 May 11 - 03:11 PM (#3156470) Subject: RE: Lyr/Tune Req: Riding on a Railroad Car From: GUEST,Arthur H. Miller Lake Forest College's library Special Collections has two items relating to this song, one relevant: a Dec. 8, 1859 copyright registration for "Ridin' in a Rail Road Car" "written and composed by W. J. Florence, New York, December 1st, 1859." This is issued by the Clerk of the Northern District of New York on a standard copyright form. On the verso of the form Florence appears to assign for one dollar "my right" etc., signed and dated "Nov. 24, 1860, St. Louis, Mo." This appears to relate to the St. Louis printed version on American Memory (Library of Congress site) of this song, and links the two titles: for copyright, "... Rail Road Car" and then the next year in St. Louis "... Railroad Keer." We can supply scans of this document and also of a signed 5 x 7 portrait photo print, 1891. We welcome further information of any earlier New York printing, as well. Thanks to all who supplied information here, Arthur H. Miller Archivist and Librarian for Special Collections Donnelley and Lee Library/LIT Lake Forest College 555 N. Sheridan Road Lake Forest, IL 60045-2396 847-735-5064 voice, -6296 fax amiller@lakeforest.edu |