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10 Feb 04 - 10:54 AM (#1113358) Subject: lyrics to 'Boxcar' From: GUEST,boxcar mike. I've heard bluesman Snooks Eaglin do a version of "Give me the Good Old Boxcar", but on this track he doesn't sing too clearly, and I cant make out the words. This song was originally, I believe, sung by Jimmie Rodgers, the legendary "Singing Brakeman". Does anyone have the original and genuine words, please? |
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10 Feb 04 - 11:10 AM (#1113376) Subject: RE: lyrics to 'Boxcar' From: GUEST,MMario no luck googling |
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10 Feb 04 - 11:22 AM (#1113391) Subject: RE: lyrics to 'Boxcar' From: Sorcha Me either...found the album, but the only lyrics I could find are to Brown Skin Woman. |
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10 Feb 04 - 11:27 AM (#1113399) Subject: RE: lyrics to 'Boxcar' From: Pied Piper I am just a Boxcar and my stories seldem told |
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10 Feb 04 - 01:01 PM (#1113458) Subject: RE: lyrics to 'Boxcar' From: Gene not in my JR over 100 song folio nor on the JR 6 cd box... Google indicates it was COUNTRY SINGER Jimmie Rodgers, not Singing Brakeman JR |
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02 Oct 04 - 02:59 AM (#1286681) Subject: ich will From: GUEST,rammstein |
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05 Oct 04 - 11:05 PM (#1289826) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Give Me the Good Old Boxcar From: Jim Dixon Gene: By any definition I know of, Jimmie Rodgers, the Singing Brakeman, WAS a country singer. He's memorialized in the Country Music Hall of Fame as "the man who started it all"--in the 1920s and 30s. He died in 1933. The other Jimmie Rodgers--the one whom allmusic calls "Jimmie F. Rodgers"--was a folksy pop singer who recorded KISSES SWEETER THAN WINE, HONEYCOMB, and OH-OH I'M FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN in 1957-58. IMO, it would be a stretch to call him a country singer. In any case, the only website I can find that associates GIVE ME THE GOOD OLD BOXCAR with Jimmie Rodgers--either of them--is Roots & Rhythm. I'm inclined to think either (1) it's a mistake, or (2) if JR did record it, he recorded it under a different title. I've listened to a sound sample, and it sounds to me more like the kind of song JR the Singing Brakeman would sing, not the other one. |
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06 Oct 04 - 12:39 PM (#1290356) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Give Me the Good Old Boxcar From: GUEST,Hootenanny |
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06 Oct 04 - 12:44 PM (#1290359) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Give Me the Good Old Boxcar From: GUEST,Hootenanny Risky one here, going from memory as I haven't played this album for a while but if I'm correct there is a line or two from Jimmie Rogers's (The Singing Brakeman one)"Waiting for a Train". Good reason to pull it off the shelf and give it a listen. |
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06 Oct 04 - 04:25 PM (#1290552) Subject: Lyr Add: GIVE ME THE GOOD OLD BOXCAR (Eaglin) From: GUEST,Hootenanny OK, have given it a listen, this what I come up with; <GIVE ME THE GOOD OLD BOXCAR (Eaglin) Give me the good old boxcar, gee but the life is grand When I hear that whistle blow I'll be home again Life is like a candle it glows off and on When I hear that whistle blow I'll be home again No-one to love me always seem to care My heart is a ? for your love I wouldn't share My heart is a candle it glows off and on Every time that whistle blows I'll be home again Give me the good old boxcar, gee but the life is grand When I hear that whistle blow I'll be home again Life is like a problem when we know it's true Tell me dear but what I'll do is keep on loving you Give me the good old boxcar, gee but the life is grand When I hear that whistle blow I'll be at home again When I hear that whistle I know that it is true So tell me dear that? love again what am I gonna do Seems that Snooks got some of the words a little garbled but I believe that this was a field recording which Tony Standish made and probably unrehearsed and perhaps Eaglin sang this spontaneously (I'm sure I got that spelling wrong ?) Sorry about the missing word in verse two. The Jimmy Rodgers connection that I mentioned above was just Snooks's version of is trade mark yodel. Anyway Boxcar Mike, hope this is of help. |
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24 Aug 13 - 06:01 AM (#3552314) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Give Me the Good Old Boxcar From: GUEST Eaglin's been recorded by Dr. Harry Oster in 1959 - this song first published on Tony Standish's Heritage label (Heritage HLP 1002) in 1960! |
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24 Aug 13 - 11:36 PM (#3552537) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Give Me the Good Old Boxcar From: Jim Dixon Spotify has the Eaglin recording. My best guess for verse 2 line 2: My heart is a-throbbing for your love I wouldn't share |