SONG SYLLABUS / WEEK 12

Week 12: Thursday, April 5
Train Songs: RAIL



"Midnight Special" (J&A Lomax 292/319)
Lead Belly

"Freight Train" (Elizabeth Cotton; Silverman 152)
Elizabeth Cotton

"Wabash Cannonball" (Alan Lomax 410/420)
Doc Watson and Jean Ritchie, in SGS (also in S&P)


Supplements: TRAIN SONGS FROM S&P ARCHIVE:

Pan American Blues, De Ford Bailey (harmonica solo--don't miss!!)
Freight Train, Elizabeth Cotton
The Little Black Train, The Carter Family
Midnight Special Train, Big Joe Turner
Train To Skaville 1966, The Ethiopians
Train That Carried The Girl From Town, Frank Hutchinson
The Log Train, Hank Williams
When The Train Comes Along, Gary/Sonny Davis
Golden Gate Gospel Train, Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
When The Train Comes Along, Henry Thomas
Au Bord De l'Ytrain, Cossack Voices
Night Train to Memphis, Sleepy LaBeef
Freight Train Bluesl, Merle Travis
Railroad Blues, Sam McGee
Lonesome Whistle (I Heard That), Hank Williams

FROM SGS:
Woody Guthrie, Railroad Blues
New Lost City Ramblers, Railroad Blues
Dock Boggs, Railroad Tramp
Railroad Sounds (just what the title says!)
Rich Amerson, Lining Track (work song)

FROM AAS:
Calling Trains (don't miss this one!)
I'm Going Home on the Morning Train
The Dying Hobo
Travelin' Railroad Man Blues
Freight Train Yodeling Blues, Part 2
Gospel Train



And a variety of YouTubes, some more special than others:

Elizabeth Cotton: Freight Train I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMSYzFdloqY

Elizabeth Cotton: Freight Train II (at 92!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F6sXL4Jb_s

Elizabeth Cotten—Wilson Rag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ukQaIF9_E4&mode=related&search=

Elizabeth Cotton: Mama, Your Papa Loves You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awK3p0S-tuQ


Odetta: Midnight Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jGSiaDj_fw

Johnny Cash & June Carter: Midnight Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sLsBGNZG68

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Midnight Special
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DksGi7B5BdM


Jerry Reed: Wabash Cannonball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCE48O6U4Yw

Wabash Cannonball (the classical concert version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnmex-AuCPA

Johnny Cash & the Carter Sisters: Wabash Cannonball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGmOUbkLBZs

Wabash Cannonball in the Presseli Mountains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs5FWs9EnPQ


Big Thunder Mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjSw-FrSan4

CB&Q Garden Railroad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_0WXzt8xWs