Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

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.

Track Listing

101	Excerpt from "Rail Dynamics"	Recorded by Emory Cook	00:24
102	Train 45	The New Lost City Ramblers	02:18
103	Kassie Jones	Furry Lewis	02:56
104	Jay Gould's Daughter	Pete Seeger	02:38
105	Railroad Bill	Walt Robertson	02:08
106	Linin' Track	Lead Belly	01:15
107	Freight Train	Elizabeth Cotten	02:43
108	Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill	Cisco Houston	02:30
109	Zack, the Mormon Engineer	L. M. Hilton	02:02
110	Lost Train Blues (1)	Virginia Mountain Boys	02:57
111	The FFV	Annie Watson	03:52
112	He's Coming to Us Dead	The New Lost City Ramblers	03:15
113	The Train That Carried My Girl from Town	Doc Watson	02:18
114	Rock Island Line	Lead Belly	02:03
115	Lonesome Train	Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston	03:31
116	John Henry	Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston	02:42
117	The Wreck of the Number Nine	Rosalie Sorrels	01:36
118	Freight Train Blues	Brownie McGhee	03:36
119	The New Market Wreck	Mike Seeger	03:39
120	Jerry, Go Oil That Car	Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock	02:37
121	Way Out in Idaho	Rosalie Sorrels	03:34
122	Old John Henry Died on the Mountain	Henry Grady Terrell	01:55
123	Casey Jones	John D. Mounce	00:20
124	Wreck of the Old 97	Ernest V. Stoneman	02:51
125	Midnight Special	Lead Belly	02:03
126	Wabash Cannonball	Doc Watson	03:17
127	Lost Train Blues (2)	Vernon Sutphin	01:13
128	New River Train	Iron Mountain String Band	04:26
129	Excerpt from "Three Little Engines and 33 Cars"	Recorded by Vinton Wight	00:25