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Lonesome Whistle: An Anthology of American Railroad Songs ()

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  1. The Wreck on the Southern Old 97]
  2. The Brave Engineer
  3. I Wish My Mother Was on That Train
  4. I Raised My Window and Looked at the Risin' Sun
  5. Yellow Dog Blues
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  1. The Wreck on the Southern Old 97]
  2. The Brave Engineer
  3. I Wish My Mother Was on That Train
  4. I Raised My Window and Looked at the Risin' Sun
  5. Yellow Dog Blues
  6. Gonna Die with My Hammer in My Hand
  7. C & O Blues
  8. The Wreck of the Virginian No. 3
  9. The Longest Train I Ever Saw]
  10. K.C. Railroad Blues
  11. Mean Conductor Blues
  12. Frisco Whistle Blues
  13. Rambler Blues
  14. Sunshine Special
  15. Train 45
  16. Ramblin' Reckless Hobo
  17. Chattanooga Blues
  18. Sun Beam Blues
  19. Big Railroad Blues
  20. If I Die a Railroad Man]
  21. C.C. & O. Blues
  22. The Red and Green Signal Lights
  23. Royal Palm Special Blues
  24. Kassie Jones, Pt. 1]
  25. Hell Bound Train]
  26. North-Bound Train
  27. Waiting for a Train
  28. Texas and Pacific Blues
  29. Spike Driver Blues
  30. Engine One-Forty-Three
  31. The Train's Done Left Me
  32. Old Rock Island Blues
  33. The New York Hobo
  34. Western Kentucky Limited
  35. Riding the Blinds
  36. The Hobo's Last Ride]
  37. Pea Vine Blues
  38. Cannonball Blues]
  39. Train Whistle Blues
  40. Railroad Bill]
  41. John Henry (The Steel Driving Man), Pt. 1]
  42. Long Train Blues
  43. K.C. Moan
  44. Freight Train Ramble
  45. Lonesome Frisco Line
  46. Travelin' Blues
  47. Wabash Cannonball
  48. The New 'Frisco Train
  49. M & O Blues
  50. M & O Blues
  51. Travelin' Railroad Man Blues
  52. True and Trembling Brakeman]
  53. Railroad Man Blues
  54. The Gone Dead Train
  55. Too-Too Train Blues
  56. B & O Blues No. 2
  57. Railroad Blues
  58. Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing)
  59. Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train
  60. B & O Line Blues
  61. Flying Crow Blues
  62. Honky Tonk Train Blues
  63. New River Train]
  64. The Heavenly Train
  65. Depot Blues
  66. My Saviour's Train
  67. A. & V. Railroad Blues
  68. The Flying Crow
  69. The Katy Blues
  70. Train Carry My Girl Back Home
  71. Love in Vain
  72. Riding on That Train Forty-Five
  73. Golden Gate Gospel Train]
  74. Station Boy Blues
  75. Train Whistle Blues
  76. Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues)
  77. Streamline Train
  78. Santa Fe Blues
  79. Orange Blossom Special
  80. Special Stream Line
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Trains were a prominent image in American folk and popular music early in the 20th century, and there are countless 78s and 45s floating around out there with trains serving as the central metaphor. Trains represented motion, mobility, and power, and they moved goods from coast to coast, creating bustling crossroads and towns at each stop along the way. Trains also moved people, whisking lives away to better places or worse places, depending on one's luck and fortune. This wonderful four-disc, 100-track set collects some of ...

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Lonesome Whistle: An Anthology of American Railroad Songs 2012, Proper

UPC: 805520021685

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