Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

VARIOUS ARTISTS

29 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 12 MINUTES • JAN 10 2006

1

An excerpt from "Rail Dynamics"

Unspecified

00:24

2

Train 45

The New Lost City Ramblers

02:20

3

Kassie Jones

Furry Lewis

02:59

4

Jay Gould's Daughter

Pete Seeger

02:41

5

Railroad Bill

Walt Robertson

02:11

6

Linin' Track

Lead Belly

01:18

7

Freight Train

Elizabeth Cotten

02:47

8

Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill

Cisco Houston

02:34

9

Zack, the Mormon Engineer

L. M. Hilton

02:06

10

Lost Train Blues

The Virginia Mountain Boys

03:00

11

The F.F.V.

Annie Watson

03:55

12

He's Coming to Us Dead

The New Lost City Ramblers

03:17

13

The Train That Carried My Girl from Town

Doc Watson

02:21

14

Rock Island Line

Lead Belly

02:06

15

Lonesome Train

Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie, And Cisco Houston

03:34

16

John Henry

Woody Guthrie And Cisco Houston

02:45

17

The Wreck of the Number Nine

Rosalie Sorrels

01:40

18

Freight Train Blues

Brownie McGhee

03:39

19

The New Market Wreck

Mike Seeger

03:43

20

Jerry, Go Oil That Car

Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock

02:40

21

Way Out in Idaho

Rosalie Sorrels

03:38

22

Old John Henry Died on the Mountain

Henry Grady Terrell

01:59

23

Casey Jones

John D. Mounce

00:24

24

Wreck of the Old 97

Ernest V. Stoneman

02:54

25

Midnight Special

Lead Belly

02:06

26

Wabash Cannonball

Doc Watson

03:20

27

Lost Train Blues

Vernon Sutphin

01:17

28

New River Train

Iron Mountain String Band

04:26

29

Excerpt from "Three Little Engines and 33 Cars"

Unspecified

00:24

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