ADD: Soo Line / Fire in the Jackpine(CraigJohnson)

14 Mar 00 - 09:39 PM (#195043)
Subject: Soo Line
From: GUEST,Frank M

is there a post for "Soo Line", a song a heard on an Art Theime recording years ago. Opening line is something like Like fire in the jackpines Mornin' was a breakin' Down along the South Shore Down along the Soo Line

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14 Mar 00 - 10:18 PM (#195066)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: south shore
From: Sandy Paton

Whoops! Lost the title of the recording - That's the Ticket! Sorry 'bout that.

Sandy (cyberklutz)

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14 Mar 00 - 10:27 PM (#195071)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: south shore
From: Sorcha

(Probly get in trouble for this, but I thought Southshore was half of a novel called The Awakeners, by Sheri S. Tepper............other half is Northshore)

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02 Apr 00 - 10:21 PM (#205859)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: south shore
From: GUEST,a

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23 Feb 03 - 10:54 AM (#896616)
Subject: Lyr Req: soo line?
From: GUEST,Frank

i've been looking for the lyrics to Art Thieme's "Soo Line".. i've never seen them posted here

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23 Feb 03 - 11:02 AM (#896619)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: soo line?
From: Neighmond

Don't know the lyrics but I grew up in Spirit Lake Iowa and remember the soo line trains. Good luck.

Chaz

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23 Feb 03 - 11:07 AM (#896624)
Subject: Lyr Add: SOO LINE (Craig Johnson)
From: katlaughing

Here ya go, from the booklet which came with Folk Legacy's tape of Art That's the ticket!:

The SOO LINE
(Craig Johnson)

Like fire in the jack-pines
Mornin' is a-breakin'
Out along the south shore
Down along the Soo Line.
Day shift goin' down,
The night shift's in the dry,
Out along the south shore,
Down along the Soo Line.

I stopped in Marenisco;
There's trouble in the town.
Friday bein' the last payday;
The mills are closin' down.
Young men walkin' home,
They got leavin' on their mind,
Out along the south shore
Down along the Soo Line.

Old men on the highway,
Their backs are bended down,
Blackbirds on the barbed wire
All along the cavin' ground.
Headframes in the long fields,
Ghosts of better times,
Out along the south shore,
Down along the Soo Line.

It was midnight in them high hills;
We were lyin' side by side,
Waitin' for the moonrise,
Warmin' to the wine.
Gazin' in your dark eyes,
Deeper than the sky.
Leavin' in the mornin',
Down below the Soo Line.

(repeat first verse)

Notes: "Here's another of Craig Johnson's vivid songs depicting hard times in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Craig now lives in Washington, D.C., where he performs an integral part of the Double decker string Band."

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23 Feb 03 - 11:08 AM (#896625)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: soo line?
From: katlaughing

Beautiful song, btw!!

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27 Feb 03 - 01:49 AM (#899603)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Soo Line (Craig Johnson)
From: GUEST,kinderfolk

refresh

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27 Feb 03 - 11:37 AM (#899702)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Soo Line (Craig Johnson)
From: Charley Noble

Another good song from Craig Johnson.

Charley Noble

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27 Feb 03 - 12:19 PM (#899759)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Soo Line (Craig Johnson)
From: Fortunato

Craig, aside from writing a wonderful song, is one helluva old time fiddle player and a great singer in the Applachian style. And, I should mention, one of the nicest people on the planet.

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27 Feb 03 - 12:26 PM (#899764)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Soo Line (Craig Johnson)
From: dick greenhaus

it is in DigiTrad, but with the incorrect attribution. I'll fix it for next time.

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27 Feb 03 - 03:36 PM (#899915)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Soo Line (Craig Johnson)
From: Jim Colbert

I can never hear the word Soo (or Keewinaw, for that matter) without thinking of this song.

Remember, the custom CD with this on is available NOW from Folk Legacy! Payday, I'm ordering me a Rasmussen and a Thieme!

jim

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30 May 16 - 06:52 PM (#3792922)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fire in the Jackpine (Craig Johnson)
From: GUEST,Wally Macnow

Here's a link to Craig's singing of Fire in the Jackpine.
http://fieldrecorder.bandcamp.com/track/fire-in-the-jackpine

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27 Jan 17 - 09:56 PM (#3835277)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Soo Line (Craig Johnson)
From: GUEST,JMSails

There is a nice version on Lee Murdock's CD "Loving Light". He also sang it at the 2017 Homecoming Concert.

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05 Apr 17 - 10:55 PM (#3848953)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Soo Line (Craig Johnson)
From: GUEST

Hi I got to this thread by punching in the line 'like fire in the jack pines, mornin' is a-breakin'. I have been looking for a link for that song for literally years, probably close to 30 or better. Please let me know if you find out something. Love to play that, but it had some good lyrics, and it was at a time I didn't pay a lot of attention to those details, just absorbed the sound and played the licks. Very enjoyable song.

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07 Apr 17 - 06:07 PM (#3849357)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Soo Line / Fire in the Jackpine (Johnson)
From: Jim Dixon

Apparently the same song that Art Thieme called SOO LINE was called FIRE IN THE JACKPINE by Craig Johnson.

I just listened to the song at the link that Wally Macnow provided the link to (FIRE IN THE JACKPINE sung by Craig Johnson) and the lyrics are practically identical to those posted by Katlaughing above. However, Craig is inconsistent: he usually sings "down along the south shore" but once it's "out along the south shore." I don't think the difference is significant.

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08 Apr 17 - 11:41 AM (#3849469)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Soo Line / Fire in the Jackpine (Johnson)
From: Charley Noble

:-)

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23 Jul 23 - 07:34 PM (#4177538)
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: Soo Line / Fire in the Jackpine (Johnson)
From: GUEST

I lived in Marenisco when he wrote this song. I was working at the sawmill at the time. His lyrics hit home to me. He spent about two weeks with us and performed for free at several bars. He interviewed a bunch of us about the topic. Glad I found this tune.

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