Classic Railroad Songs (From Smithsonian Folkways)

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Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1An Excerpt From "Railroad Dynamics"
[no artist]0:24
2Train 45
The New Lost City Ramblers2:18
3Kassie Jones
recording of:
Kassie Jones
writer:
Furry Lewis
Furry Lewis2:56
4Jay Gould's Daughter
Pete Seeger2:38
5Railroad Bill
Walt Robertson2:08
6Linin' Track
recording of:
Linin’ Track
writer:
Lead Belly
Lead Belly1:15
7Freight Train
guitar:
Elizabeth Cotten
vocals:
Elizabeth Cotten
recording of:
Freight Train
lyricist and composer:
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten2:43
8Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill
Cisco Houston2:30
9Zack, The Mormon Engineer
L. M. Hilton2:02
10Lost Train Blues
The Virginia Mountain Boys2:57
11The F.F.V.
Annie Watson3:52
12He's Coming To Us Dead
The New Lost City Ramblers3:15
13The Train That Carried My Girl From TownDoc Watson2:18
14Rock Island Line
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1942-01)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1942-01)
arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
recorded at:
Asch Records Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1942-01)
cover recording of:
Rock Island Line (in 1942-01)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
Lead Belly2:03
15Lonesome Train
Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie And Cisco Houston3:31
16John Henry
Woody Guthrie And Cisco Houston2:42
17The Wreck Of Number Nine
Rosalie Sorrels1:36
18Freight Train Blues
Brownie McGhee3:36
19The New Market Wreck
Mike Seeger3:39
20Jerry, Go Oil That Car
recorded in:
Oakland, California, United States (on 1928-03-16)
guitar:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (on 1928-03-16)
vocals:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (on 1928-03-16)
recording of:
Jerry, Go Ile That Car (on 1928-03-16)
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock2:38
21Way Out In Idaho
Rosalie Sorrels3:33
22Old Henry Died On The Mountain
Henry Grady Terrell1:55
23Casey Jones
John D. Mounce0:20
24Wreck Of The Old 97
Pop Stoneman2:51
25Midnight Special
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1948)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1948)
recording of:
Midnight Special (in 1948)
writer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Union Songs AB
Lead Belly2:03
26Wabash Cannonball
Doc Watson3:17
27Lost Train Blues
Vernon Sutphin1:13
28New River Train
Iron Mountain String Band4:26
29Excerpt From "Three Little Engines And 33 Cars"
[no artist]0:25