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09 May 99 - 11:15 AM (#76954) Subject: The Runaway Train - words wanted From: Mike@folklore.bc.ca Hi Folks, I'm still looking for the words of the Vernon Delhart song "The Runaway Train" |
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09 May 99 - 02:41 PM (#76988) Subject: RE: The Runaway Train - words wanted From: Mudjack Is this the same "Runaway Train" by John Stewart that was covered by Joan Baez? I'm worried 'bout you, I'm worried 'bout me..etc If thats the one, I can help. Mudjack |
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09 May 99 - 05:44 PM (#77020) Subject: Lyr Add: THE RUNAWAY TRAIN (John Stewart) From: Mudjack Mike, I hope this is the song you're after, also covered by Rosanne Cash. Mudjack RUNAWAY TRAIN By John Stewart I'm worried about you, and I'm worried about me The curves around midnight aren’t easy to see The flashing red warnings unseen in the rain This thing has turned into a runaway train Long distance phone calls, there’s a voice on the line Electrical miles that soften the time And dynamite too, it is hooked to a wire So are the rails of American Flyer And the blind boys and gamblers, they invented the blues We'll pay up in blood when this marker comes due To try and get off now, it's about as insane As those who wave lanterns at the runaway train And this all has turned into a runaway train Steel rails and heart lines, they're always in twos And I have been here before, yeah, and now it's with you I'm worried about you and I'm worried about me We're lighting the fuses and we're counting to three What are the choices for the ones who remain? The sign of the cross or a runaway train This all has turned into a runaway train It all has turned into a runaway train |
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09 May 99 - 10:35 PM (#77089) Subject: RE: The Runaway Train - words wanted From: Frank Maher Hi Mike, I have That Song somewhere in My Collection... I'm having a bit of Trouble finding It.... When I do,I'll send It along to You.... |
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10 May 99 - 12:46 AM (#77124) Subject: RE: The Runaway Train - words wanted From: Arkie I think the Runaway Train on the Dalhart recording was written by Carson Robison, and I think I have a copy of it, but the book is at work. Will check tomorrow. |
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10 May 99 - 09:33 AM (#77169) Subject: RE: The Runaway Train - words wanted From: Frank Maher Hi again Mike, Here are the Words,taken as they are,on the Record Notice That the Word Hell is left out..... Bad Words were not allowed on Recordings in Those Days !!!!!
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10 May 99 - 09:34 AM (#77170) Subject: Lyr Add: THE RUNAWAY TRAIN (Vernon Dalhart) From: Frank Maher THE RUNAWAY TRAIN Written by Robert E. Massey & Carson Robinson As recorded by Vernon Dalhart, 1925 'Twas in the year of '89, On that old Chicago line, When the winter wind was blowing shrill, The rails were froze, the wheels were cold, And then the air brakes wouldn't hold, And Number 9 came roaring down the hill. Oh, the runaway train came down the track and she blew. The runaway train came down the track and she blew. The runaway train came down the track. The whistle wide and the throttle back And she blew-ew, blew, blew, blew. The engineer said the train must halt and she blew. The engineer said the train must halt and she blew, she blew. The engineer said the train must halt. He said it was all the fireman's fault And she blew-ew, blew, blew, blew. Oh, the fireman said he rang the bell and she blew. The fireman said he rang the bell and she blew. The fireman said he rang the bell, The engineer said ya did like ----, And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew. Oh, the porter got an awful fright and she blew, she blew. The porter got an awful fright and she blew, she blew. The porter got an awful fright. He got so scared that he turned white, And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew. Oh, a drummer sat in the parlor car and she blew. A drummer sat in the parlor car and she blew. A drummer sat in the parlor car, And he nearly swallered a fat cigar, And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew. Oh, the runaway train went over the hill and she blew. The runaway train went over the hill and she blew. The runaway train went over the hill, And the last we heard, she was goin' still, And she blew-ew blew, blew, blew. |
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10 May 99 - 02:51 PM (#77252) Subject: RE: The Runaway Train - words wanted From: arkie The words posted by Frank were the same as the ones I had. I;ll quit looking. |
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07 Sep 99 - 03:44 PM (#112199) Subject: ADD: Runaway Train From: bill@selbynet .co.uk exkuze the speling the bits i remember were the runaway train came down the track and she blew the runaway train came down the track and she blew the runaway train came down the track her whistle wide and her throttle back the conductor said there,ll be a wreck and she blew the conductor said there,ll be a wreck and she blew the conductor said there,ll be a wreck the driver said there will like heck and she blew blew blew blew blew the fireman said he rang the bell and she blew the fireman said he rang the bell and she blew the fireman said he rang the bell the engineer said you did like hell and she blew blew blew blew blew the runaway train came down the hill and she blew the runaway train came down the hill and she blew the runaway train came down the hill and the last iheard she was going still and she blew blew blew blew blew thats all i can remember i hope it will jog your memorey bill cundall (johannfurkoff) |
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18 Nov 99 - 09:01 PM (#138176) Subject: Lyrics for The Runaway Train From: Don_Deese@telus.net I'm hoping the find the lyrics for a children's song (probably) named "The Runaway Train". The melody and the song structure are the same as for "The Little Red Train" which is posted in the Mudcat collection of songs. The version of this tune called "The Runaway Train" was the theme song for a BBC children's radio series from the 1950's, hosted by Jack Train. Any help with this would be much appreciated. Don |
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18 Nov 99 - 09:09 PM (#138182) Subject: RE: Lyrics for The Runaway Train From: alison the runaway train came down the track and she blew... is that the one? I think we had a thread on it before... I'll try to find it. slainte alison
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11 Aug 03 - 04:16 AM (#1000112) Subject: RE: Words STILL wanted: The Runaway Train... From: Mr Happy another verse: A donkey was standin in the way & she blew A donkey was standin in the way & she blew A donkey was standin in the way And all they found was just its bray And she blew,blew,blew,blew,blew anyone got any more? |
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11 Aug 03 - 05:08 AM (#1000120) Subject: RE: Words STILL wanted: The Runaway Train... From: Mr Happy another i remembered: The driver said they' red be a wreck and she blew The driver said they'red be a wreck and she blew The driver said they'red be a wreck and he felt the chills run up his neck And she blew,blew,blew,blew,blew any more? |
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11 Aug 03 - 05:50 AM (#1000125) Subject: RE: Words STILL wanted: The Runaway Train... From: masato sakurai 'The Runaway Train' (Vernon Dalhart) [audio] is at The Record Lady's All-Time Country Favorites (Go to "Real Country Page 17"). |
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01 Mar 04 - 06:29 PM (#1127286) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Words STILL wanted: The Runaway Train... From: ranger1 Hallelujah!!!! I've finally found them! My grampa used to sing this song to me when I was a little tyke and I never had any luck finding anyone who'd even heard of the song, much less finding the lyrics. |
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02 Mar 04 - 11:01 AM (#1127706) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Words STILL wanted: The Runaway Train... From: Rasener I have got this by Vernon Dalhart on a Double CD called Hello Children Everywhere (the definitive collection of Cildrens favourites as presented By Uncle Mac (Derek mcCullock). My children who are 8 and 12 love all the songs on it. Play it when we are going on holiday as it keeps them entertained singing there heads off. Would you like copy if that is allowed. |
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02 Mar 04 - 11:09 AM (#1127712) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Words STILL wanted: The Runaway Train... From: Lighter Believe it or not, Dan Rather once sang the chorus of this song when he was a guest on "the Tonight Show"! |
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02 Mar 04 - 06:10 PM (#1128002) Subject: RE: Words STILL wanted: The Runaway Train... (added) From: TheBigPinkLad Michael Holiday sang the UK version. Topped himself in the early 60s. |
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02 Mar 04 - 06:11 PM (#1128003) Subject: RE: Words STILL wanted: The Runaway Train... (added) From: ranger1 Villan, I'd love a copy! My grampa died in 1982, so I've been looking a long time. Thanks. ranger1 |
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03 Mar 04 - 04:42 AM (#1128291) Subject: RE: Words STILL wanted: The Runaway Train... (added) From: Rasener PM on its way Ranger1 |
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12 Apr 09 - 10:06 AM (#2609646) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train From: GUEST,nosey old lady Michael Holiday had a hit with (The runaway train)in the 50s or 60s, don't know who sang it in USA. |
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05 Sep 09 - 08:44 PM (#2717137) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train From: The Fooles Troupe Just saw this tune used as background during an episode of the BBC show "Scrapheap Challenge"... |
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06 Sep 09 - 08:48 AM (#2717409) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train From: goatfell song was recorded by Veron Dalhart during the forties in America |
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27 Apr 12 - 07:59 PM (#3344208) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train From: GUEST,Sid Price My Dad sang a few lines of an old version of the song to us back in the 1950's. He learned it from an old 78 RPM record when he was a kid in the 1920's. I'd like to find that version. One of the lines went: The fireman tried to shovel the coal and she blew, she blew. The fireman tried to shovel the coal and she blew, she blew. The fireman tried to shovel the coal, He opened the door and fell in the hole, And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew. |
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27 Apr 12 - 08:23 PM (#3344217) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train From: GUEST Sid, check the lyrics that Frank Maher posted above, and Dale posted a source for the recording. |
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30 Sep 12 - 07:15 AM (#3412053) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train From: GUEST I'm looking for a song called the runaway train that was based on a train in Kirkcudbright in 1963 I think it was, has a man called bob patterson in it. Can anyone help? |
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30 Sep 12 - 09:42 AM (#3412101) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train From: GUEST,999 http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=27579 Check that thread at Subject: RE: Edale Rambler Folk Train From: Nynia Date: 12 Nov 00 - 12:15 PM |
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01 Oct 12 - 07:37 AM (#3412479) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train From: GUEST,threelegsoman I uploaded my version of this song only a couple of months ago and along with my the rest of the band "The Cronk Illiam Scratchers" (one year old now) we performed it at Andreas Church Hall in the north of the Isle of Man last month. My upload is just me on my own, so is not as full and amusing a sound as the band produced. The Runaway Train |
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02 Oct 12 - 06:14 AM (#3412933) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train From: GUEST,henryp The runaway train in Scotland was the subject of Pinwherry Dip written and sung by Dave Goulder. There's an audioclip here; http://www.davegoulder.co.uk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=4 |
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02 Oct 12 - 12:42 PM (#3413151) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train From: GUEST,henryp Picture if you will a wayside station in a dip between two vicious gradients, in fact it is Pinwherry, on the G&SW route to Stranraer. Now to get out of Pinwherry, most locomen took a run down the bank, and then went hell for leather up the other side. This was a risky business, especially with loose coupled goods trains, and if a driver was not careful, a snatch could develop, with the attendent breaking of a coupling. Well, one night it happened on the last goods of the night, and half way out of the dip, half the train broke away, and rolled down the bank, through Pinwherry station, and back up the other side. Then came to a stand and back the way they had come, through the station, and back up the other bank. Stopped and ran backwards again. This process continued until the momentum was exhausted and the wagons came to a stand in Pinwherry station. Sleeping at the station was a permanent-way inspector, whose laconic comment was that this was the busiest country station he'd ever stayed at, with a goods train every ten minutes for half the night. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1474 |
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23 May 15 - 10:36 PM (#3711328) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train From: GUEST,Dick Huey, Dobois, Pa. The runaway train T'was in the year of '89 on that old Great Western line, When the winter wind was blowin' shrill, The rails were froze, the wheels were cold, then the air brakes wouldn't hold, And Number 9 came roaring down the hill oh! The runaway train came down the track and she blew, The runaway train came down the track and she blew, The runaway train came down the track, her whistle wide and her throttle back, And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew. The engineer said the train must halt and she blew, The engineer said the train must halt and she blew, The engineer said the train must halt -- he said it was all the fireman's fault, And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew. The fireman said he rang the bell and she blew, The fireman said he rang the bell and she blew, The fireman said he rang the bell -- the engineer said "You did like hell" And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew. The porter got an awful fright and she blew, The porter got an awful fright and she blew, The porter got an awful fright -- he got so scared he near turned white, And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew. A donkey was standing in the way and she blew, A donkey was standing in the way and she blew, A donkey was standing in the way and all they found was just his bray, And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew. The conductor said there'd be a wreck and she blew, The conductor said there'd be a wreck and she blew, The conductor said there'd be a wreck and he felt the chills run up his neck, And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew. The runaway train went over the hill and she blew, The runaway train went over the hill and she blew, The runaway train went over the hill and the last we heard she was going still, And she blew, blew, blew, blew, blew. |
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25 Aug 16 - 07:04 AM (#3806694) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train (Vernon Dalhart) From: GUEST,Dr Who fan (early series) Jon Pertwee sang 'The Runaway Train' on a children's record I have. He and Jessie Matthews alternate on the record and Enid Heard does the final song on each side. Yes, that's Jon Pertwee, second Dr. Who. I knew him from my album long before I was old enough to watch Dr. Who and didn't make the connection back to the singer on my record for a while, once I did start watching. In the verse about the fireman claiming he rang his bell, he sings: - The engineer said, "You did like heck!" As I got older, I realised it was a sanitised version for children and what the word would be but I didn't know about the recording restrictions someone mentioned - that's interesting. The album is called 'Children's Favourites' and has a picture of an orangey glove puppet on the album cover. Other songs he sings are 'A Froggy Went A-Courting' and that one about a fox that went to town and stole a chicken, honestly can't get it into my head at the moment... ah! got a bit of it - 'John, John! The grey goose is gone! The fox is on the town-o, town-o. John, John! The grey goose is gone! The fox is on the town-o.' He does a good farmer's wife! He's great on all of them, actually. Jessie sings 'Ugly Duckling' among others I can't remember, just now. Actually, just google the following line and you'll get hits that you can follow to see what else is on the album. I have a lot of records and I'm not sure which batch my record is with, at the moment. - Jon Pertwee Jessie Matthews children's favourites Definitely a record I don't intend to part with and where I learned and loved the train song from. |
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26 Oct 16 - 11:13 AM (#3816619) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train (Vernon Dalhart) From: Mr Happy The Runaway Train I'm uncertain of the significance of the drummer mentioned in V6. Anyone? |
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26 Oct 16 - 11:58 AM (#3816629) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train (Vernon Dalhart) From: Snuffy Drummer explained |
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26 Oct 16 - 12:00 PM (#3816630) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train From: Mr Happy GUEST,threelegsoman, Thanks for your link, I'd not realised that the intro had a tune having only previously heard it delivered monologue style. |
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26 Oct 16 - 01:58 PM (#3816656) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train (Vernon Dalhart) From: GUEST,Guest, 12-stringer The song in this thread is credited to Carson J Robison (1889-1957). Dalhart first recorded this in March 1925, with Robison in his combo, and cut it at least 10 times thereafter, though only once after his acrimonious breakup with Robison in 1928. But cf the May 1922 issue, p 46, of "Captain Billy's Whiz-Bang," a popular low-brow magazine of the day, which contains "The Old Time Runaway Train, Slowed Down by Nation Jones." A runaway train came down the track And she flew, she flew A runaway train came down the track And she flew, she flew A runaway train came down the track She hit a freight and broke her back And she flew, flew, flew, flew The son of a gun she flew. Subsequent verses are given in shorter form (the reader is directed to "Continue the motions as above") The fireman he was shoveling coal And the coal ran into the fiery bowl The porter's name was Ebony Jones He was a high-faluter with a pair of bones The switchman he was turning the switch The heavy old freight ran into a ditch So a predecessor, perhaps anonymous, lies beneath the Robison copyright. But the popularity of the Dalhart recording seems to have driven it out of circulation. |
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27 Oct 16 - 03:42 PM (#3816828) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Runaway Train (Vernon Dalhart) From: Mr Happy Snuffy, Thanks so much for enlightenment! ********* Guest, 12-stringer, I appreciate your input & extra verses! |
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20 Feb 24 - 05:34 PM (#4197623) Subject: RE: Origins: The Runaway Train (Vernon Dalhart) From: GUEST The orginal version was released in 1950 and was sung by Jack Train there was a great " Jaws Harp" accompanyment. |
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28 Feb 24 - 07:03 PM (#4198245) Subject: RE: Origins: The Runaway Train (Vernon Dalhart) From: Lighter "The Runaway Train" is the title (only) of a "fiddle tune" in a list published in Kentucky in 1915. Other "fiddle tunes" in the same list include "After the Ball," Frankie," "Wild and Reckless Hobo," and "Red Wing," so the phrase shouldn't be taken too literally. |
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29 Feb 24 - 03:39 AM (#4198254) Subject: RE: Origins: The Runaway Train (Vernon Dalhart) From: Richard Mellish A belated correction to the post about the Pinwherry incident: From: GUEST,henryp - PM Date: 02 Oct 12 - 12:42 PM I haven't read the book from which Dave Goulder got the story, but as he tells it in the song what happened was not a snatch that broke a coupling but that the crew stopped at the bottom of one bank (near Girvan, some way north of Pinwherry) and deliberately divided the train because their loco was too small to take the whole train up the bank. They took the first half up the bank and left it at Pinmore, which is just past the summit at the top of a gradient down to Pinwherry, and went back for the second half. They must have forgotten to pin down enough (or any?) brakes on the waggons at Pinmore, which then ran away past Pinwherry and partway up the next bank towards Barrhill, then back and forth. A recording can be heard here. As for the song that this thread is mainly about; I absorbed most of it in my childhood but did not understand the line "The engineer said ya did like ----". I heard "ya did like" as a single word of unknown meaning. Many years later the song happened to come into my head and I realised what the full wording would have been. |