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