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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Ebbie Date: 19 May 10 - 10:40 AM I think it is a good idea, Bobert. There are many theme parties or segments thereof , and railroads are a frequent theme. Not to mention that it would be fun to learn some that people around here don't know. :) Juneau, Alaska has no trains and I miss them. They keep talking about cutting a road north to end close to Skagway. It is controversial because it is mountainside all the way with 68 known avalanche chutes and there are a number of sea lion rookeries that would be impacted, as well as other wildlife. My suggestion is to build a railway, mostly inside the mountains' edges with occasional open air arches; in addition to a passenger car and freight car they should add a couple of flat beds where people could transport their cars. |
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Subject: The Young Man on the Railway From: Artful Codger Date: 19 May 10 - 09:23 AM At long last, Bernard Sanders' query about his great-great-grandfather's song "The Young Man on the Railway" has been answered here: http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=129575 |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Bobert Date: 03 May 10 - 10:58 AM Bein' a bluesman I do alot of train songs: "Empire State Express" by Son House is my favorite... Others: "Train I Ride" ("Mystery Train") "Mean 'ol Frisco" My Originals: "Amtrac Blues" "Legend of the Churchill Tunnel"... I've often thought of doin' an entire CD of train songs... B~ |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Suffet Date: 03 May 10 - 12:42 AM A recently composed song is The Dixieland Express, one of my own compositions. It's on my Now the Wheel Has Turned CD, and you can hear a 30-second clip by going to this page. Here are the lyrics and guitar chords in A (although I recorded it in B): The Dixieland Express By Stephen L. Suffet © 2004. Country swing in 4/4. A D A Gonna ride that midnight train, south from Portland, Maine, E7 Rolling down the New England shore, A D A Gonna kiss that gal of mine, tomorrow night in Caro-line, E7 A And I'm never gonna leave her any-more. D A Roll on (roll on), roll on (roll on), E7 It's roll on to the land I love the best! A D A If this train keeps a-chuggin', my gal I'll soon be huggin', E7 A I'm riding on the Dixieland Ex-press. Gonna ride that midnight train, south from Portland, Maine, Rolling down the New England shore, Gonna kiss that gal of mine, tomorrow night in Caroline, And I'm never gonna leave her anymore. Chorus: Roll on (roll on), roll on (roll on), It's roll on to the land I love the best! If this train keeps a-chuggin', my gal I'll soon be huggin', I'm riding on the Dixieland Express. The fireman stokes the coal, as the engine starts to roll, Roaring past the fishing boats and farms, And the headlight that gleams, it brightens the dreams, Of lying in my own true love's arms. [chorus] I've been working way up north, for twelve long months or more, Out where the cold nor'easter blows, Gonna take this southbound ride, along the coast I'll glide, Back to where the honeysuckle grows. [chorus] Now the sun begins to rise, to the clatter of the ties, Halfway there, I'll be home when it sets, If this train runs me right, I'll see my gal tonight, I'm riding on the Dixieland Express. [double chorus] Enjoy! --- Steve |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: GUEST,Bernard Sanders, England Date: 02 May 10 - 05:52 PM My great-great grandfather was William H Brinkworth, born Shoreditch, east London 1835,son of a musician. In the 1860s-70s he led the orchestra at the Britannia theatre in Hoxton (home to the British Music Hall genre)and was also musical director for a string of Broadway shows, regularly commuting the Atlantic by steamboat. He wrote a song called "The Young man on the railway." Can any one come up with the full lyrics or music? |
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Subject: Lyr Add: LONESOME WHISTLE (Hank Williams) From: Ebbie Date: 07 Jul 07 - 12:46 PM Darn- I knew I'd get it wrong. Here is the third verse corrected: LONESOME WHISTLE (Hank Williams) I was ridin' Number 9, headin' south from Carolin' I heard that lonesome whistle blow Got in trouble, had to roam, I left my gal, I left my home I heard that lonesome whistle blow Just a kid acting smart I went and broke my darlin's heart I guess I was too young to know. They put me on the Georgia Main Locked me to a ball and chain. I heard that lonesome whistle blow. All alone I bear the shame, I'm a number not a name I heard that lonesome whistle blow All I do is sit and cry when that evenin' train goes by I heard that lonesome whistle blow I'll be locked here in this cell 'til my body's just a shell And my hair is whiter than snow. I'll never see that gal of mine Lord, I'm in Georgia doin' time. I heard that lonesome whistle blow. |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Rowan Date: 06 Jul 07 - 10:40 PM Callie mentioned (seven years ago) Tom Waits' "Downtown Train" and a wonderful song called "Poison Train" by a man in Darwin (Australia) whose name eludes me. --Callie A couple of postings have mentioned Mike O'Rourke as the author of Poison Train (and Battler's Ballad) and I thought it appropriate to mention Mike was originally from Brisbane and recorded the songs with Flying Pieman when he lived in Melbourne. There's also the song that celebrates Sergeant Small. Cheers, Rowan |
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Subject: ADD: That Train Song (Phil Halliday) From: Ebbie Date: 06 Jul 07 - 10:16 PM Sinsull and Linn, I think this is the song you're thinking of: Lonesome Whistle - Hank Williams (deleted - corrected version below) Another train song that we do: THAT TRAIN SONG Phil Halliday (Canadian) Well, he gave all he had to my maw and me Just another boy child he would never see My maw and my paw went their separate ways I was born on a midnight train. Well, I was raised in a railside shack And I'd fall asleep to that clickety clack All day long I'd run alongside Learned real young how to hop a ride Well, I got a soul like a runaway train I got a heart that feels no pain When you're born with a track beneath your bed You sleep, one eye open, pointin' straight ahead... |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: GUEST,mg Date: 05 Jul 07 - 11:09 PM Here is my song for my ancestors.. My name is Fitzgerald from Ireland I came Here's to the men who are building the rail (each verse) To join the great Garveys of railroading fame May their hearts never break may their strength never fail If your name should be Garvey you're likely a boss .. America's luck is Ireland's loss .. So I joined with my cousins my comrads and pals.. Like their fathers before them who built the canals.. Don't drink and don't gamble our dear others cried.. But there's ice in the tent and its freezing outside.. Many fine men came from over the seas.. The boxcars were filled with the bones of Chinese.. If we come back this way there are graves we will keep.. Of men so exhausted they died in their sleep.. Should I ever falter should I ever die.. Just pack me with powder and blow me sky high.. mg |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker Date: 05 Jul 07 - 10:14 PM ..or Amazon... http://www.amazon.com |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker Date: 05 Jul 07 - 10:07 PM seeing this thread reminded me i bought a book about 20 years ago.. i've quickly 'Ctrl/F'ed this page to check if it has already been mentioned.. [found a partial reference 'Ctrl/F'ing the word "scalded"..] anyway, you might want to check your local library for..... "Scalded to Death by the Steam" Katie Letcher Lyle 1983 [forward by Mike Harding] First published in USA by Algonquin Books WH Allen 1885 "Authentic stories about railroad disasters and the Ballads that were written about them" |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: GUEST,Bardford Date: 05 Jul 07 - 09:51 PM Here's a website with a boxcar full of info about the Canadian CD "Songs of the Iron Trail", recorded by Barry Luft, Tim Rogres, Grit Laskin, Patty Rogers and Roy Warhurst. From the website: "Songs of the Iron Trail is a digitized and reordered version of the 1983 vinyl album of the same title. Research on the songs has been updated." Songs of the Iron Trail |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Ref Date: 05 Jul 07 - 07:50 PM Larry Penn's "Run, Kate Shelley, Run." |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 05 Jul 07 - 07:45 PM Addendum: This thread is so long, I don't have time to peruse it while at the office. But, Gordon Lightfoot's "Steel Rail Blues" was a latter day favorite. Someone earlier referred to a Bud & Travis railroad song. Travis has a website and may have lyrics on it. I know he is selling remastered CD's of their old stuff, which should include the song. |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Date: 05 Jul 07 - 07:35 PM "2:10, 6:18" - The Kingston Trio performed it, and I think John Stewart wrote it. "The Wreck of the Old 97" hit a nerve only because, several years ago, I was enjoying Christmas dinner with an old family friend, Dr. Vann. He was 98 years of age at the time, a very courtly and dignified gentleman, and a retired Navy doctor. He mentioned that his home town was Danville, Virginia. I asked if he was familiar with the song about the "Old 97" and his eyebrows went up a bit. It turns out that he, as a thirteen year old boy, had hitched up a wagon for his father, who was the only doctor in the area, and driven him to the wreck to minister to the living victims - mostly morphine. It's not often that you meet a living connection to the music. He even corrected some of the "poetic license" particulars in the song, about the setting, the distance, etc., etc. |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: cookster Date: 05 Jul 07 - 05:43 PM Wreck of the old 97 - Johnny Cash,and Long Black Train - Josh Turner. which is a new one 2004 is when it came out. |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: GUEST,blue Date: 05 Jul 07 - 05:15 PM Also, I forgot to mention; The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer - Johnny Cash. |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: GUEST,blue Date: 05 Jul 07 - 05:13 PM Mystery Train - Elvis |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Joe Offer Date: 05 Jul 07 - 04:25 PM Wes Modes has posted a nice (but not comprehensive) discography of train songs here (click). -Joe- |
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Subject: Lyr Add: FAST FREIGHT From: GUEST,Hanrod Date: 06 Jul 05 - 06:35 PM Well, no one has mentioned this, so I will mention my favorite train song, trying for (some of) the lyrics from memory -- don't know who wrote it, but from an old Kingston Trio album 30 years or so ago, with some great words, interesting collateral "train sounding" phrases and haunting, minor key, stuff... FAST FREIGHT As I lie awake and listen, as I lie awake and wait I wish the railroad didn't run so near; 'Cause the rattle and the clatter of that old fast freight Keeps a makin' music in my ear... Go bum again, go bum again; Well, clickety-clack 'n' clickety-clack The wheels are sayin' to the railroad track Well if ya go ya' can't come back, If ya' go ya' can't come back, If ya go-o-o-o...ya' can't come back. Well I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I used to be I work as hard as any man in town; And I got a pretty girl and she thinks the world of me - A man 'd be a fool to let 'er down... CHORUS (above)... ...and other verses I can't remember. Look it up, it's worth it! ... even wrote my own (not exactly) train song lyrics, an interminably long piece that attempts to recount the history of black men in all the wars of this Country's history: TRAIN RIDE WITH ZACK Last night was thinkin' back to when, I met a black man on the train; In sixty-one, was discharged then, so I missed Vietnam. Old man said his name was Zack, had a bottle in a paper sack; He drank and passed the bottle back; I drank and did the same. We're standin' in the vestibule, between the cars the air was cool; The bottleneck, this fussy fool, I wiped before I drank. He said 'young soldier what's yer name - this whiskey kills the germs my friend; I drank and swallowed down my shame, and said my name was...Frank. When we're young, we're inclined to be shallow, When we're old, we're inclined to be sad; But when I think back to my train ride with Zack, I just think of the blessings I've had. I wore my proud-pressed uniform, those three red stripes there on my arm; My single ribbon meant no harm - to their side nor to ours. Looked like a while since he'd last slept, red eyes kept shifting right and left, An old cut creased his forehead cleft – a scarecrow man of scars. He said 'I'm AWOL from your war', I choked a laugh and swallowed hard, What would war want this old man for? - He said 'I've seen 'em all'. 'I fought in revolution days, the Colonel too, I was his slave; I heard the orders that he gave; he heard his country's call'. 'Then In '04 my name was 'York', with Lewis, slave to Captain Clark. Across the wild and wasteful stark Great Plains and mountains too. We journeyed up the Missouri, fought Mandan, Sioux and 'Ricaree, Wild animals you'll never see, exceptin' at the zoo.' 'In sixty-two I ran away, I knew there would be Hell to pay, And so I fought against the gray, a black man wearin' blue. Your President then freed the slaves, and I gave thanks to 'Honest Abe', But hunger took what freedom gave, some said 'twas over due.' 'So when I was free to come or go I soldiered with the Buffalo, We did your dirty work, you know, did what we had to do. Fought the western tribes of Indians, as they made their final stands; So many killed to win these lands - but Little Big Horns too.' 'In Cuba then in ninety-eight, of course the troop transport was late; That summer heat I learned to hate, for Teddy and for you. Up San Juan Hill and El Caney, the 9th and 10th black cavalry Our officers were white, but see, they died like black men too. The Western front in World War One, I carried shells for allied guns; I fell and thought my fightin's done, but it was not to be. The Arizona, World War Two, to be a mess-man was my due. I never heard the bomb that blew me out into the sea. 'Korean War was just too cold, by this time I was gettin' old; But equal treatment had me sold, five thousand black men died. Well, I can see it on your face, you 'spect I am a mental case; And Hell, I guess I know my place, I guess you think I lied.' I woke next morning down the line; asked every one I tried to find Him; 'hair of dog' was on my mind – no one knew who I meant. Well now I'm old, so long in tooth, I think I know the real truth; To shame my pride, my callow youth, old Zack was heaven sent. When we're young, we're inclined to be shallow, When we're old, we're inclined to be sad; But when I think back to my train ride with Zack I just think of the blessings I've had. Last night was thinkin' back to when, I met a black man on the train; 'Twas in the year of sixty-one … can't be … that young … again… ©HANROD Systems 9/2000 |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: SINSULL Date: 05 Jul 05 - 10:23 PM Lin from Kansas: Nope Snippets from memory: Just a kid acting smart I nearly broke my darlin's heart I guess I was too young to know. They put me on the Georgis train Tied me to a ball and chain. I heard that lonesome whistle blow. And my hair is white as the snow. I'll never see that gal of mine Lord, I'm in Georgia doing time. I heard that lonesome whistle blow. |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: GUEST,Box Car Date: 05 Jul 05 - 06:36 PM Songs about Trains and Trains in Songs |
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Subject: Lyr Add: Train songs lyrics link From: GUEST Date: 01 Jun 05 - 05:50 AM http://www.able2know.com/forums/about1143-0-asc-0.html |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Ron Davies Date: 15 Sep 04 - 10:31 PM Beetle- Song sounds really promising. Solidly in the tradition of lots of good old train songs. Curious about your rhyme scheme Verses 1 and 2--internal rhyme in line 3 of each e.g Smoke and steam and a Georgia dream In the smoke and damp of the labor camps but then the internal rhyme drops out. I think internal rhyme is great for this sort of song--is it possible you could carry it on through the rest of the song (3rd lines)? Love to hear the melody. The last words "party on" would probably not be in a traditional song. Depends on what your goal is--if traditional sound is not important, it's no problem. My hat's off to anybody who can write a traditional-sounding song-----congratulations! |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Francy Date: 15 Sep 04 - 07:18 PM I'm presenting a concert in Toledo, Ooregon this Friday, September 17th called " When Steam Was King" w/ Larry Penn from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Mark Dvorak from Chicagwe, Illinois.......the story of railroad in song and story.........Larry is a fine writer and a member of the Rose Tattoo and Mark is a fine singer, banjo picker and guitarist who also is a member of Weavermania..... Frank of Toledo |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: mandotim Date: 15 Sep 04 - 07:04 PM How about 'Travelling by Steam' by Huw and Tony Williams? Covered by Fairport on Jewel in the Crown. |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Tannywheeler Date: 15 Sep 04 - 06:49 PM Hally used to sing a song that started: "Trouble in mind -- I'm blue But I won't be blue always"... that had a "Train" verse in it: "I'm gonna lay my head On some lonesome railroad line And let the (train time here) come on and Satisfy my mind." Makes me shiver. Went through this thread, didn't see (might have missed) mention of Roy Acuff's "Take That Night Train to Memphis". Mother liked Roy Acuff. ..."Amd we'll have a JUBILEE Down in Memphis, Tennessee, And we'll shout HALLELUJAH all the way!" Amen. Tw |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Fred (Beetle) Bailey Date: 15 Sep 04 - 11:13 AM Magnificent thread! Since the original post solicited recent songs, how 'bout some help/comment/criticism (pm or otherwise) (or maybe even a title?) for a (c) work in progress? Did 'ja hear my daddy was an engineer Down the Eastern Seaboard Line Smoke and steam and a Georgia Dream And a baby got left behind When he went through -- and the whistle blew My momma she went to cookin' and we Moved further down the track In the smoke and damp of the labor camps And we never did look back 'Til she was gone -- and I went on Well, I headed west in the summer time Gonna see if I could find my way Through the B & O and the U.P., Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe And the Burlington -- and the Erie Lackawana When I'm laying awake at midnight I hear the lonesome sound One 'a these days it'll get in my ear And I'm gonna blow this town Go back out -- to where I been (or maybe alternatively??) Laying awake at midnight I can hear that lonesome song You wake up alone some morning, baby Then you'll know that I'll be gone But won't you please think well of me Now when I'm through my ramblin' I wouldn't want anybody sad Just tell all my good-time friends It was a pleasure being had But when I'm gone -- party on! (call me old enough to remember the sound of a Santa Fe coal-burner steaming through town on a summer's night) |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Ron Davies Date: 15 Sep 04 - 06:56 AM Admittedly the songs he plays are by definition pre-1976 ( he calls his show The Obsolete Music Hour) but Dick Spottswood (WAMU public radio) plays 2 solid hours of nothing but train songs once a year. It used to be 3 hours, when his show was 3 hours long. Now he talks about how he has to leave so many out. What he plays the rest of the year is also great. |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: katlaughing Date: 14 Sep 04 - 12:33 PM refresh |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Frankham Date: 17 Jun 03 - 11:57 AM There are so many. Not many know that the boogie-woogie style of piano playing came from the southwest by itinerant blues piano players emulating the sounds of the fast trains highballing by. They called it "fast Western". Weseley Wallace recorded Train 29 (?), the first boogie-woogie recording on the piano depicting a train ride he had. Traditional train songs include: Jay Gould's Daughter- Carl Sandburg's American Songbag Casey Jones by a wheel-house workman, Saunders who was reputed to write the original Way Out West, a pop country song of the thirties All Around the Watertank by the singing brakeman, Jimmy Rogers, 900 Miles, Train 45 and Old Rueben (all related) Train on the Island from Anthology of American Folk Music, Harry Smith ed. on Folkways The Train That Took My Gal From Town recorded by Frank Hutchinson, See Eloise Go Linin' Track (chain gang song) In the Pines Jerry Go and Ile That Car...Carl Sandburg, American Songbag Mormon Railway (Hoorah, Hooray)...Sam Hinton Variations of John Henry The Hellbound Train.... sung by Glenn Ohrlin Hedy West's rewrite on 500 Miles Thought I Heard That Katy When She Blows...Anthology...Harry Smith There's plenty more. Frank Hamilton |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: mg Date: 16 Jun 03 - 11:09 PM anyone mention Danville Girl????? I haven't been back through the whole thread... I am tryi8ng to remember the words to an Ian Tyson song..lonely girls linger by the door..can't remember if it has trains in it or not.. mg |
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Subject: Lyr Add: THE LAST TRAIN - Harvey Andrews From: harvey andrews Date: 16 Jun 03 - 02:56 PM THE LAST TRAIN
It was the last train of the evening.
She could dance from dusk till dawning.
She was reading as I watched her
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: GUEST,Jazzyjack Date: 16 Jun 03 - 01:09 PM Presently ,my favourite song to play is Stephen Fearing's " On The Great Divide " with great backup harmony from Jonelle Mosser. : hook " It's a long train and everybody has to ride " |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: denise:^) Date: 16 Jun 03 - 12:09 PM "Morningtown Ride" is a very nice children's song written by Malvina Reynolds. I believe they have it listed under "lullabies" in Rise Up Singing, but I know they don't have it with the exact lyrics I learned as a child. It has also been made into a picture book. I don't think it was ever really intended to entertain adults--although the Irish Rovers covered it, too... Denise:^) |
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Subject: Lyr Add: RAILWAY WIDOW'S BLUES (John Warner) From: GUEST,Anne/NZ Date: 25 May 03 - 04:08 AM I have to add this Australian song! I perform it regularly at our folk club. This song is a railroad tune from a woman's perspective:
RAILWAY WIDOW'S BLUES
Come, all you women; hear me complain.
You pack his crib the night before.
Many the night you lie and dream
But you're all alone at the break of day,
The right-of-way's just out the back,
That man of mine, he's proud and tall;
Oh, he'll be back in another day,
So come, all you women; hear me complain. |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Phot Date: 24 May 03 - 12:19 PM Li'l Aussie Bleeder, yes The Seekers did do Morningtown Ride. I have very bad recollections of it!! Just ask the Christmas tree!! |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Li'l Aussie Bleeder Date: 20 May 03 - 03:02 AM I 'm having a vague day. To the best of my recollection, i think 'people get ready' was Angel Train. And did The Seekers do one called 'Morningtown Ride" L |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Phot Date: 20 May 03 - 01:27 AM Gareth, i can only agree, and talking of heavy metal, Saxon, Princess of the night, its all about a 9F! |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Gareth Date: 19 May 03 - 06:45 PM Mmmmm ! Phot I am old enuf to remember the 9F's on the Ebbw Vale iron ore trains, or a 28XX up the bank from Pontypool - Man that was 2 cylinder heavy metal. Gareth - Ah! Gods Wonderful Railway. ! |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Mark Ross Date: 19 May 03 - 06:01 PM THE TRAIN THAT CARRIED MY GIRL FROM TOWN is by Frank Hutchison of West Virginia. Mark Ross |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: denise:^) Date: 19 May 03 - 04:57 PM "Jenny Dreamed of Trains," written by Guy Clark and Vince Gill, has been recorded several times, and is a fairly 'recent' train song. Denise:^) |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Phot Date: 19 May 03 - 03:25 PM The best railway tune I know is a King or a Castle,13 on,full chat up Wellington bank!,..Bliss |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: fsharpdim7 Date: 19 May 03 - 11:57 AM Thinking about Johnny Cash and hoping he's doing ok - IMHO, his best train song was on Marty Stuart's cd, he did "One Last Ride," and Doc and Marty did the breaks - I don't think it gets any better. Also, I think the Carter family book says that AP was walking along and he heard Sara singing "Engine 143" - he followed the sound to her door - and the rest, as they say, is history. Shame they just were not more suited to each other in other ways. Chris |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: smokeyjoe Date: 19 May 03 - 11:24 AM SINGING STEEL RAILS Well I stood at the side of the railroad line just waitin' for an eastbound train I heard a mighty roar and I knew for sure I was on my way again (cho.) I don't know just where I'm bound, I only know where I've been I can't seem to settle down, The road's my only friend Well I climbed aboard an old boxcar, and I watched the world pass by And I thought about my one true love, the one I left behind. (cho.) Well I think I'll ride this old freight train, just to see where it will go And I hope the singin' silver rails will ease my troubles so.... (cho.) -one of mine. A couple of others that I love to play: Boomer's Story -Ry Cooder Hobo's Lullabye -various Anniversary Blue Yodel (among many) -Jimmie Rogers -smokeyjoe; railfan, muscician, etc. |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Merritt Date: 19 May 03 - 08:58 AM What a great thread! Train Whistle Blues - Jimmie Rodgers (circa 1930) On the Atchison, Topeka & the Santa Fe - Johnny Mercer (1945) - this was a hit in '45! People Get Ready - "don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord.." Working on the Railroad - used to play this in an instrumental duo; works really well as a funky, alternating bass fingerstyle sort of song The Train That Carried My Girl From Town - not sure who wrote; probably late 1920s; Mike Dowling does on his Beats Working album - Merritt |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: delphinium Date: 18 May 03 - 10:50 PM Eileen McGann has a good song about the importance of the railway in Canada - "Rolling Home Canadian" on her Journeys album (1995). The chorus goes: Rollin', rollin', Rollin' home, As long as I can hear the train I know I'm not alone. Stitching up this country Between my family and me, The railway ties are ties that bind, From sea to sea to sea. (The Journeys album also has a song called "Another Train" - which is not about a train.) |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: GUEST, GEST Date: 18 May 03 - 11:47 AM Some Newfoundland train songs, just to help this short thread along. :-) The Newfie Bullet Memories Of The Newfie Bullet The Engineer's Song Waiting At Gambo Station |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Gareth Date: 17 May 03 - 07:45 PM Oh "B****r" Click 'Ere for the Axon thread Gareth |
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Subject: RE: Train Songs From: Gareth Date: 17 May 03 - 07:36 PM Mmmmmn ! Try this thread for the words of Dave Goulders " The Day we ran away ". Click 'Ere Superb Song !!!!! (and see the last part of this post for a story). And I am a tad suprised that McColl's "The Ballad of John Axon" has not had a mention. Now as an Ex(?) Anorak this thread raises the subject and also includes Bob Bolton's (AUS) and Wolfgang's (Germany) supperb transcription of the key song theme in "The Ballard of John Axon" < a href="http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=52629"> Click 'Ere BTW My Hornby model has been dismantled, cleaned of all old paint, and I am know getting on with the super detailing. It will require a "Fowler" 3500 gallon tender rather tha the "Stanier" 4000 gallon curverd side tender supplied by Hornby, but these are obtainable in the second hand shops. Then painting !!! Pictures will be posted in due time. On railway songs --- ? Cosher Bailey anyone ??? Now a little bit of digression on "The day we ran away". And this might give its age away. Once upon a time there was a Coal Field in Kent(UK) Coal was shipped from it in standard - unbraked - 16 and 20 ton wagons. The only breaking force was the breaks on the locomotive, and the van at the back (USA = Caboose). Now one dark night (thank God) A Coal Train out of Snowden Colliery (Kent) lost- due to a technical problem, the locomotive break (on a type 71 Electric Loco) comming down the bank (USA=Grade) from Selling - 700 tons of Coal took charge. Fortunnately it was late at night and the signalman at Faversham was able to give a clear run, once he realised there was a problem. It took the crew anothe 7 to 8 mile to regain control using the hand break and the rising bank at Teynham. Now the "second man" (= Drivers assistant) was a folky, and aquaintance of mine. Two weeks later he walked into the Faversham Folk Club in the "Chimney Boy"(??) to be greeted by a rendering of "The day we ran away". He did not see the funny side. As he said later " God knows what was in front of us, and we had a full load behind, they'd have sacked us if we'd jumped, and survived - and that **** thinks it was funny !!!" I can see his point. Gareth |
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