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Thread #66880   Message #1290552
Posted By: GUEST,Hootenanny
06-Oct-04 - 04:25 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Give Me the Good Old Boxcar
Subject: Lyr Add: GIVE ME THE GOOD OLD BOXCAR (Eaglin)
OK, have given it a listen, this what I come up with;

<GIVE ME THE GOOD OLD BOXCAR
(Eaglin)

Give me the good old boxcar, gee but the life is grand
When I hear that whistle blow I'll be home again
Life is like a candle it glows off and on
When I hear that whistle blow I'll be home again

No-one to love me always seem to care
My heart is a    ?       for your love I wouldn't share
My heart is a candle it glows off and on
Every time that whistle blows I'll be home again

Give me the good old boxcar, gee but the life is grand
When I hear that whistle blow I'll be home again
Life is like a problem when we know it's true
Tell me dear but what I'll do is keep on loving you

Give me the good old boxcar, gee but the life is grand
When I hear that whistle blow I'll be at home again
When I hear that whistle I know that it is true
So tell me dear that? love again what am I gonna do

Seems that Snooks got some of the words a little garbled but I believe that this was a field recording which Tony Standish made and probably unrehearsed and perhaps Eaglin sang this spontaneously (I'm sure I got that spelling wrong ?)
Sorry about the missing word in verse two. The Jimmy Rodgers connection that I mentioned above was just Snooks's version of is trade mark yodel.

Anyway Boxcar Mike, hope this is of help.