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03 Mar 10 - 03:48 PM (#2855256) Subject: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 From: GUEST,Reg Jones Was wondering if anyone has the lyrics RR#2 in their song books somewhere.... I love that old song and my memory cells in my old head just brought it to mind but have lost the words. desperate Manitoban..... thanks |
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03 Mar 10 - 08:11 PM (#2855469) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 From: Q (Frank Staplin) More information needed. Railroad number 2?? |
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03 Mar 10 - 08:24 PM (#2855476) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 From: Amos The only Railroad #2 I find is a reservoir in Arizona, but no song. I think we'll need some more information, any lines you recall, where it was sung, what it was about. A |
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03 Mar 10 - 08:26 PM (#2855477) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Rural Route Two? |
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03 Mar 10 - 09:02 PM (#2855499) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 From: Melissa Is this the one you're looking for, Reg? Abilene Rural Route number 2 Type of Work:Musical work Registration Number / Date:PAu002028824 / 1995-12-11 Date of Creation:1995 Title:Abilene Rural Route number 2. Description:Sound cassette. Copyright Claimant:Kent Edward Strahm, 1950- (Kent Edwards, pseud.) & Don Galade Authorship on Application:music: Don Galade. Names:Kent Edward Strahm 1950- pseud. Kent Edwards (6 documents) example document: I'll find a way Don Galade (4 documents) example document: I'm not afraid anymore. w & m Thomas Boyles & Don Galade Read more: http://www.faqs.org/copyright/abilene-rural-route-number-2-intentions-zero-hour/#ixzz0hAY5vKMp |
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09 Mar 10 - 01:17 AM (#2859789) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 From: GUEST It's Rural Route #2, recorded by Barry Brown of the "Family Brown" around the year 1965 or so..Not sure of the exact year.. It flew across Canada and reched very high on the charts...t was their first song...... I played in a country dance band about then and it was our #1 requested song.... I knew it like the back of my hand but have forgotten the lyrics almost completely.. One particular line or lines I remember was..."The little Church where I knelt to pray, has closed it's doors forever so they say.. (blank blank)..."I can't believe God moved 10 miles away".... It was a bit of a protest song about how the lttle towns were gobbled up by cities.......Thanks for the try |
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10 Mar 10 - 12:39 PM (#2861139) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 From: Jim Dixon Here's an article in The Canadian Encyclopedia about the Family Brown. It says "R.R. #2" was their first hit record in 1971. There's also an article in Wikipedia. It says they have released 10 original albums plus 2 "greatest hits" albums, and won numerous awards. Evidently they haven't been noticed much in the USA. Allmusic.com lists only 2 of their albums. How odd. |
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11 Feb 11 - 08:23 PM (#3093626) Subject: Lyr Add: R.R. #2 / RURAL ROUTE 2 (Barry Brown) From: GUEST,Michael Furlong R.R. #2 / RURAL ROUTE 2 (Words & Music, Barry Brown) The little village where I lived and grew Has been renamed to RR#2 The small dot on the map is gone How's anyone to know where he belongs CHORUS Oh it's sad to see the small towns disappear Why must they change the place we hold so dear The little church where we knelt to pray Has closed its doors forever so they say I can't believe God's moved ten miles away An old man walks across the fertile land And worries about the new highway that's planned And he recalls when he was just a lad How hard he worked to clear the land with his dad From the schoolyard there isn't any sound 'Coz a schoolbus takes the kids to a larger town And the old folks wonder where the money goes There's nothing left for the government to close CHORUS The church bell now rings its death toll And the topsoil blows off the land And the school flag flies at half mast And the old folks long for the past (CHORUS repeated) (Tag) No, I can't believe God's moved ten miles away. lyrics from Barry Brown and the Gary Buck Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvRI4ZLJi1s |
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11 Feb 11 - 08:30 PM (#3093631) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 From: GUEST,Michael Furlong B.T.W. These are the lyrics for R.R. #2 sent to me by the writer, Barry Brown, some years back as a result of a request I made to a CBC contact. Hope they bring back some good memories for you. Now, if only I could find the original song, preferably in mp3 format. If not mp3, I can convert it to mp3. Anyone got it, by chance ??? |
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15 Jun 11 - 12:21 PM (#3171002) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 / Rural Route 2 (Family Brown) From: GUEST Thank you so much for posting that song..... I used to know some folks in Enterprise by the name of Furlong and used to sing once in a while with Frank Furlong.... Reg..... |
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15 Jan 12 - 07:26 PM (#3291162) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 / Rural Route 2 (Family Brown) From: GUEST,999 From Wikipedia Family Brown received the following awards:[2] 1976: RPM Big Country Award for Top Group 1977: RPM Big Country Award for Top Group 1978: RPM Big Country Award for Top Group 1979: RPM Big Country Award for Top Group 1979: RPM Big Country Award, Single of the Year ("Stay with Me") 1979: RPM Big Country Award, Album of the Year (Familiar Faces, Familiar Places) 1980: RPM Big Country Award for Top Group 1981: RPM Big Country Award for Top Group 1982: CCMA Group of the Year 1982: CCMA Single of the Year ("Some Never Stand a Chance") 1982: CCMA Song of the Year ("Some Never Stand a Chance") 1982: CCMA Album of the Year (Raised on Country Music) 1993: CCMA Entertainer of the Year 1983: CCMA Single of the Year ("Raised on Country Music") 1983: CCMA Song of the Year ("Raised on Country Music") 1983: CCMA Group of the Year 1983: CCMA Album of the Year (Raised on Country Music) 1983: CCMA Entertainer of the Year 1984: CCMA Group of the Year 1984: CCMA Album of the Year (Repeat After Me) 1985: Juno Award for Country Group of the Year 1985: RPM Big Country Award for Top Group 1985: RPM Big Country Award, Album of the Year (Feel the Fire) 1986: CCMA Group of the Year 1986: CCMA Album of the Year (Feel the Fire) 1987: CCMA Group of the Year 1987: RPM Big Country Award for Top Group 1988: CCMA Group of the Year 1989: CCMA Group of the Year 1989: RPM Big Country Award for Top Group 1989: RPM Big Country Award, Album of the Year (These Days) 1989: CCMA Single of the Year ("Town of Tears") 1989: CCMA Song of the Year ("Town of Tears") 1990: RPM Big Country Award for Top Group 1990: CCMA Song of the Year ("Pioneers") |
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15 Jan 12 - 07:42 PM (#3291169) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 / Rural Route 2 (Family Brown) From: GUEST,999 If you wish to hear a few of their cuts, go to Youtube and search family brown Pioneers is a great video. |
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15 Jan 12 - 08:54 PM (#3291193) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 / Rural Route 2 (Family Brown) From: pdq This is not the US group The Browns who had a huge hit with "The Three Bells". That group was Jim Ed Brown and his sisters. |
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15 Jan 12 - 09:07 PM (#3291200) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 / Rural Route 2 (Family Brown) From: GUEST,999 Good eye, pdq. Different groups. The Family Brown is Canadian, The Browns are American. The Three Bells is one of my all-time favourite songs. |
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15 Jan 12 - 09:14 PM (#3291207) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 / Rural Route 2 (Family Brown) From: pdq May I say a good word for the Fox Family, the Cox Family, the Lewis Family, The Whites and The Browns. American-made harmony singing at its finest. Nuttin' to do with this song, so sue me. |
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16 Jan 12 - 02:46 PM (#3291530) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 / Rural Route 2 (Family Brown) From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks for the info, pdq. I was wondering that myself. |
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01 May 22 - 05:23 PM (#4140887) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: R.R. #2 / Rural Route 2 From: GUEST 10 years later...I have a copy of the original song email me if you still don't have a copy. serenajordansmith@gmail.com |
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01 May 22 - 09:35 PM (#4140921) Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: R.R. #2 / Rural Route 2 (Barry Brown) From: Joe Offer Interesting to see comments from Q and Amos (of beloved memory) about RR#2 being about a railroad. Guess they were city boys. When I was a traveling investigator, I hated finding addresses like RR#2, Box 178. I'm about as rural as it gets in California. We've always had a street address, but the street number has changed three times and the "City" name thrice. Joe in Applegate California (or is it Colfax, or Weimar?? And is it US 40, or Geisendorfer Road, or Giesendorfer Road, or Leonard Lane??) Help!! I don't know where I am, which is why I drive to the post office and get mail at a P.O. Box. |