Mudcat Café message #3796201

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Thread #160108 Message #3796201
Posted By: Mr Red
17-Jun-16 - 03:23 AM
Thread Name: DTStudy: This Train (is bound for glory)
Subject: RE: DTStudy: This Train (is bound for glory)

FWIW because of his Autobiography, people, understandably, assume Woodie Guthrie wrote it. I have seen a statement by him somewhere to the effect he was putting the record straight. He regarded the song as trad.