SFW40192
Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
Various Artists
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Notes -
As 19th-century America expanded, so too did the "ribbons of iron" that crisscrossed the vast landscape and sparked the imagination of music-makers. Work songs, ballads recounting riveting exploits, and instrumental echoes of the once familiar sounds of the steam locomotive have enshrined the railroad in our musical memory. Classic Railroad Songs mines the Smithsonian Folkways archives to create this tribute to a favorite American source of inspiration. 36-page booklet. 71 minutes. Complete lyrics for this recording available here.
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Country(s) - United States
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Culture Group - American
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Language(s) - English
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Record Label -
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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Source Archive -
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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Credits -
Compiled by Jeff Place ; Cover photo by Jack Delano ; Mastered by Pete Reiniger ; Design by Communication Visual ; Liner Notes by Jeff Place
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Tracks -
101
An excerpt from "Rail Dynamics"
n/a
Duration:0:24
45733
False
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102
Train 45
The New Lost City Ramblers
Duration:2:18
45734
False
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103
Kassie Jones
Furry Lewis
Duration:2:56
45735
False
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090117054142im_/http://folkways.si.edu/images/clrpxl.gif)
104
Jay Gould's Daughter
Pete Seeger
Duration:2:38
45736
False
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105
Railroad Bill
Walt Robertson
Duration:2:08
45737
False
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106
Linin' Track
Lead Belly
Duration:1:15
45738
False
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107
Freight Train
Elizabeth Cotten
Duration:2:43
45739
False
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108
Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill
Cisco Houston
Duration:2:30
45740
False
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109
Zack, the Mormon Engineer
L. M. Hilton
Duration:2:02
45741
False
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110
Lost Train Blues
The Virginia Mountain Boys
Duration:2:57
45742
False
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111
The FFV
Annie Watson
Duration:3:52
45743
False
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112
He's Coming to Us Dead
The New Lost City Ramblers
Duration:3:15
45744
False
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113
The Train That Carried My Girl from Town
Doc Watson
Duration:2:18
45745
False
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114
Rock Island Line
Lead Belly
Duration:2:03
45746
False
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115
Lonesome Train
Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston
Duration:3:31
45747
False
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116
John Henry
Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston
Duration:2:42
45748
False
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117
The Wreck of the Number Nine
Rosalie Sorrels
Duration:1:36
45749
False
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118
Freight Train Blues
Brownie McGhee
Duration:3:36
45750
False
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119
The New Market Wreck
Mike Seeger
Duration:3:39
45751
False
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120
Jerry, Go Oil That Car
Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock
Duration:2:37
45752
False
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121
Way Out in Idaho
Rosalie Sorrels
Duration:3:34
45753
False
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122
Old John Henry Died on the Mountain
Henry Grady Terrell
Duration:1:55
45754
False
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123
Casey Jones
John D. Mounce
Duration:0:20
45755
False
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124
Wreck of the Old 97
Ernest V. Stoneman
Duration:2:51
45756
False
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125
Midnight Special
Lead Belly
Duration:2:03
45757
False
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126
Wabash Cannonball
Doc Watson
Duration:3:17
45758
False
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127
Lost Train Blues
Vernon Sutphin
Duration:1:13
45759
False
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128
New River Train
Iron Mountain String Band
Duration:4:26
45760
False
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129
Excerpt from "Three Little Engines and 33 Cars"
n/a
Duration:0:25
45761
False