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