Classic railroad songs from Smithsonian Folkways.
| Format | Audio (Streaming) |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways, ℗2006. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?GLMU;74814 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Cook, Emory, 1913-2002. |
| Other author/creator | Lewis, Furry, 1893-1981. |
| Other author/creator | Robertson, Walt, 1928-1994. |
| Other author/creator | Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014. |
| Other author/creator | New Lost City Ramblers. |
| Contents | Rail dynamics (excerpt) (Emory Cook) -- Train 45 (the New Lost City Ramblers) -- Kassie Jones (Furry Lewis) -- Jay Gould's daughter (Pete Seeger) -- Railroad Bill (Walt Robertson) -- Linin' track (Leadbelly) -- Freight train (Elizabeth Cotten) -- Drill, ye tarriers, drill (Cisco Houston) -- Zack, the Mormon engineer (L.M. Hilton) -- Lost train blues (Virginia Mountain Boys) -- The F.F.V. (previously unreleased) (Annie Watson) -- He's coming to us dead (the New Lost City Ramblers) -- The train that carried my girl from town (Doc Watson) -- Rock Island Line (Leadbelly) -- Lonesome train (Sonny Terry) -- John Henry (Cisco Houston) -- The wreck of the Number Nine (Rosalie Sorrels) -- Freight train blues (Brownie McGhee) -- The New Market wreck (Mike Seeger) -- Jerry, go and oil that car (Harry K. "Haywire Mac" McClintock) -- Way out in Idaho (Rosalie Sorrels) -- Old John Henry died on the mountain (Henry Grady Terrell) -- Casey Jones (John D. Mounce) -- Wreck of the old 97 (Pop Stoneman) -- Midnight Special (Leadbelly) -- Wabash Cannonball (Doc Watson) -- Lost train blues (Vernon L. Sutphin) -- New River train (Iron Mountain String Band) -- Three little engines and 33 cars (excerpt) (Vinton Wight). |
| General note | Originally issed as compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes in original container. |
| General note | Reissues. |
| Performer | Various performers. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Feb. 20, 1942-July 3, 1981. |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |