Classic Railroad Songs From Smithsonian Folkways Classic Railroad Songs From Smithsonian Folkways CD

Since the railroad's rise in the 1800s it has een a thing of musical fascination and fodder for American musicians and songwriter. Railroad work songs, ballads recounting riveting exploits and instrumental echoes of the once familiar sounds of the steam locomotive have enshrined the railroad in America's musical memory. CALSSIC RAILROAD SONGS mines the Smithsonian Folkways archives to create this tribute to a favorite American source of inspiration.

1. An Excerpt from "Rail Dynamics" Recorded By Emory Cook 2. Train 45 - the New Lost City Ramblers 3. Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis 4. Jay Gould's Daughter - Pete Seeger 5. Railroad Bill - Walt Robertson 6. Linin' Track - Lead Belly 7. Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten 8. Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill - Cisco Houston 9. Zack, the Mormon Engineer - L. M. Hilton 10. Lost Train - the Virginia Mountain Boys 11. The F. F. V. - Annie Watson 12. He's Coming to Us Dead - the New Lost City Ramblers 13. The Train That Carried My Girl from Town - Doc Watson 14. Rock Island Line - Lead Belly 15. Lonesome Train - Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston 16. John Henry - Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston 17. The Wreck of the Number Nine - Rosalie Sorrels 18. Freight Train Blues - Brownie McGhee 19. The New Market Wreck - Mike Seeger 20. Jerry, Go Oil That Car - Haywire Mac 21. Way Out in Idaho - Rosalie Sorrels 22. Old John Henry Died on the Mountain - Henry Grady Terrell 23. Casey Jones - John D. Mounce 24. Wreck of the Old 97 - Pop Stoneman 25. Midnight Special - Lead Belly 26. Wabash Cannonball - Doc Watson 27. Lost Train Blues - Vernon Sutphin 28. New River Train - Iron Mountain String Band 29. Excerpt from "Three Little Engines and 33 Cars" Recorded By Vinton Wight