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Thread #122032 Message #2673187
Posted By: open mike
06-Jul-09 - 04:37 PM
Thread Name: Songs About the Disappearing of the Trains
Subject: RE: Songs About the Disappearing of the Trains
Greg Brown wrote this song..it has been covered by many.
not exactly about trqains disappering, but about the famous yodelling brakeman on his last ride..
The Train Carrying Jimmie Rogers Home
COME ALONG MY DEAR THE TIME IS DRAWING NEAR WE'LL HAVE TO WALK DOWN WHERE THE FIELD IS OVERGROWN CONSUMPTION CLAIMED HIS LIFE AND WE DARE NOT MISS THE SIGHT OF THE TRAIN CARRYING JIMMIE ROGERS HOME
WE'VE HAD SOME HARD TIMES THESE PAST FEW YEARS LOST THE FARM ALMOST LOST OUR SPIRITS TOO BUT IT'S THE STRANGEST THING WHEN WE HEARD THAT MAN SING OH WE KNEW SOMEHOW WE'D MAKE IT THROUGH
I CAN HEAR THE WHISTLE BLOW THAT OL' TRAIN IS GOING SLOW SOUNDS LIKE IT'S CRYING FOR THE SINGING BRAKEMAN TOO BACK TO THE SUNNY SOUTH HE'LL GO AND HE'LL NEVER ROAM NO MORE HERE COMES THE TRAIN CARRYING JIMMIE ROGERS HOME
COME HOME MY LITTLE SON AND LET ME HOLD YOU UP I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE GROWN HOW YOUR MAMA AND YOUR DAD WERE SO PROUD AND SO SAD WATCHING THE TRAIN CARRYING JIMMIE ROGERS HOME
** also Norman Blake has a song about the Last Train from Poor Valley.