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Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

Various Artists
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

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Recorded by Emory Cook
00:24
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102
The New Lost City Ramblers
02:18
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103
Furry Lewis
02:56
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104
Pete Seeger
02:38
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105
Walt Robertson
02:08
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106
Lead Belly
01:15
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107
Elizabeth Cotten
02:43
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108
Cisco Houston
02:30
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109
L. M. Hilton
02:02
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110
Virginia Mountain Boys
02:57
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111
Annie Watson
03:52
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112
The New Lost City Ramblers
03:15
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113
Doc Watson
02:18
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114
Lead Belly
02:03
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115
Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston
03:31
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116
Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston
02:42
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117
Rosalie Sorrels
01:36
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118
Brownie McGhee
03:36
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119
Mike Seeger
03:39
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120
Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock
02:37
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121
Rosalie Sorrels
03:34
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122
Henry Grady Terrell
01:55
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123
John D. Mounce
00:20
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124
Ernest V. Stoneman
02:51
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125
Lead Belly
02:03
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126
Doc Watson
03:17
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127
Vernon Sutphin
01:13
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128
Iron Mountain String Band
04:26
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129
Recorded by Vinton Wight
00:25