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GUEST,Ian Origins: Good morning mister railroad man (7) Origins: Good morning mister railroad man 02 Apr 21


This song is listed as "traditional", or " written by Ry Cooder" (or Martin Simpson depending on source.)
Lyric origins aside, from my listening the tune Ry largely uses is "The northern lights of old Aberdeen" written by Mary Webb in the early 1950s. What's going on?


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