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11 Oct 98 - 11:55 PM (#41259) Subject: what is this song? From: BSEEDKRATZ-aol.com This song has been bouncing around in my head all day--all I can remember is "clickety-clack, clickety-clack, the wheels all sing to the railroad track, that if you go you can't come back, if you go you can't come back, if you go-o-o-o, you can't come back." I did a bracketed search on the digitrad with both "clickety-clack, clickety-clack" and "if you go, you can't come back" with no results. Anyone help me out on this? (I think this song came up in the threads a couple of weeks back--but it just hit me today). --seed |
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12 Oct 98 - 12:04 AM (#41261) Subject: RE: From: Roger Himler Bseed,
Another Kingston Trio song (you must be so old Seed). 'Tis the only verse I can recall. Roger in Baltimore |
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12 Oct 98 - 01:25 AM (#41268) Subject: RE: From: BSeed Yeah, I am, Roger, but you don't have to rub it in. --seed |
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12 Oct 98 - 07:51 AM (#41319) Subject: Lyr Add: FAST FREIGHT (Terry Gilkyson)^^ From: Zorro Ah yes, My great grandmother use to sing this song to me. This if from memory (mine, not hers) but it's close to the real thing. FAST FREIGHT Every night I listen, wonder if it's late, Wish the railroad didn't run so near, For the rattle and the clack of that old Fast Freight, Keeps a-makin' music in my ears. Chorus: Go bum again, go bum again. ......... Clickity clack, clickity clack, The wheels are singing to the rail road track, If you go you can't come back, If you go you can't come back, If you go, you can't....come....back. I wouldn't give a nickel for the bum I use to be, 'Work as hard as any man in town. I've got a pretty girl, she thinks the world of me, A man would be a fool to let her down. Every night I listen, wonder if it's late. In my dreams I'm ridin' on that train. And the rattle and the clack of that old fast freight, Says "Thank the Lord I'm just a bum again." |
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12 Oct 98 - 08:25 PM (#41408) Subject: RE: From: Roger Himler Zorro, I just spent 20 minutes transposing the verses from a Kingston Trio recording. How dare you beat me to the thread! Pretty soon, you'll be like Joe Offer and have women chasing you on the 'Cat The song was recorded by the Calypsonians on February 10, 1957. They eventually evolved into the Kingston Trio They learned the song from a group called the Easy Riders. It was written by Terry Gilkyson. It appeared on the Kingston Trio's first album appropriately called "The Kingston Trio on Capital T/DT 996 released on June 2, 1958. Roger in Baltimore
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12 Oct 98 - 09:53 PM (#41419) Subject: RE: From: Big Mick Bejazus, Seed, but we are some old ones aren't we. I remember the Kingston Trio singing this. Zorro's great grandmother??????? Zorro, does your mother know that you hang around places like this? ****grin**** All the best, Mick |
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12 Oct 98 - 10:01 PM (#41423) Subject: RE: Fast Freight From: Zorro Sorry Roger in Baltimore. Mudcatters have given me so many lyrics that when I have an opportunity to repay I jump at it. I didn't know about the Trio's history. Very interesting. |
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12 Oct 98 - 10:02 PM (#41424) Subject: RE: From: Roger Himler Big Mick, If you think you're old, you should go see the Kingston Trio now. Nick's had some hip surgery and takes a while to get from the stage wings to the microphone. Bob Shane seems to recall some of the chords. They have a "young guy" with them to provide some real musical accompaniment. I was sorely disappointed. Their contemporaries, P, P, & M seem to be holding up better. Oh, yes, and I'm that old, too. Roger in Baltimore |
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12 Oct 98 - 10:08 PM (#41426) Subject: RE: From: Big Mick Old they may be, but God be good to 'em for all they did for "folk" music. And PP&M just seem to keep going, Thank God. Mick |
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13 Oct 98 - 03:02 AM (#41456) Subject: RE: From: BSeed Thanks, Zorro (and thanks for the effort, Roger). --seed BTW--isn't it clatter (clack doesn't scan). BS |
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13 Oct 98 - 06:09 AM (#41489) Subject: RE: From: Roger Himler Seed, I believe you are right: "the rattle and the clack" should be "the rattle and the clatter". At least in the Calypsonian's version. Roger in Baltimore |
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07 Oct 08 - 01:07 AM (#2458962) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Fast Freight From: GUEST,g2ler http://home.hetnet.nl/~adriemeijer/timhardin/fast%20freight.html |