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Railroad songs and ballads from the Archive of Folk Song

Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: AFS L 61 | Library of CongressPublication details: Library of Congress, 1968.Description: 1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpmAvailable additional physical forms:
  • Transferred to 38 CDA record collection & 39 CDA record collection.
Contents:
Side 1: 1. Calling Trains / Unidentified old train caller of New Orleans, LA, recorded at State Penitentiary, Parchman, MS, 1936, rec. John A. Lomax -- 2. The Boss of the Section Gang / Mrs Minta Morgan, Bells, TX, 1937, rec. John A. Lomax -- 3. Jerry Will You Ile That Car / Warde H. Ford, Central Valley, CA, 1939, rec. Sidney Robertson Cowell -- 4. Lining Track / Henry Hankins, Tuscumbia, Alabama, 1939, rec. Herbert Halpert -- 5. Roll On Buddy / Aunt Molly Jackson, New York, New York, 1939, rec. Alan Lomax -- 6. Way Out in Idaho / Blaine Stubblefield, Washington, D.C., 1938, rec. Alan Lomax -- 7. Oh I'm A Jolly Irishman Winding On the Train / Noble B. Brown, Woodman, Wisconsin, 1946, rec. Aubrey Snyder & Helene Statman Thomas -- 8. The Engineer / Lester E. Coffee, Harvard, Illinois, 1946, rec. Aubrey Snyder & Phyllis Pinkerton -- 9. George Allen / sung with banjo by Austin Harmon, Maryville, Tennessee, 1939, rec. Herbert Halpert -- 10. The Wreck of the Royal Palm / sung with guitar by Clarence H. Wyatt, Berea, Kentucky, 1954, rec. Wyatt Insko -- 11. Train Blues / Russell Wide on fiddle and Mr White on guitar at Cherry Lake Farms, Madison, Florida, 1936) -- Side 2: 1. The New River Train / The Ridge Rangers, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1938, rec. Alan & Elizabeth Lomax -- 2. The Train is Off the Track / Mrs Esco Kilgore, Hamiltontown, near Wise, Virginia, 1939, rec. Herbert Halpert -- 3. Gonna Lay My Head Down On Some Railroad Line / Will Wright, Clinton, Arkansas, 1936, rec. Sidney Robertson Cowell -- 4. I Rode Southern, I Rode L & N / sung with guitar by Merie Lovell, Shafter, CA, 1940, rec. Charles L. Todd & Robert Sonkin -- 5. The Lightning Express / Jim Holbert, Visalia, CA, 1940, rec. Charles L. Todd & Robert Sonkin -- 6. Railroad Rag / sung with guitar and mandolin by Joe Harris and Kid West, Shreveport, LA, 1940, rec. John A. & Ruby T. Lomax -- 7. The Railroader / sung with guitar by Mary Kennedy McCord, Springfield, MO, 1941, rec. Vance Randolph -- 8. The T.&p. Line / Mrs Mary Sullivan, Shafter, CA, 1941, rec. Charles L. Tod & Robert Sonkin -- 9. The Dying Hobo / sung with guitar by George Lay, Heber Springs, Arkansas, 1959, rec. Mary C. Parler -- 10. The Big Rock Candy Mountains / sung with guitar by Harry McClintock, San Pedro, CA, 1951, rec. Sam Eskin -- 11. I'm Goin' Home On the Mornin' Train /E.M. Martin and Pearline Johns, Clarksdale, MS, 1942, rec. Alan Lomax.
Holdings
Item type Home library Shelving location Class number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode
Sound Recordings Sound Recordings VWML Storage SAD 2039 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference only SR05866

Sound disc, analog.

Side 1: 1. Calling Trains / Unidentified old train caller of New Orleans, LA, recorded at State Penitentiary, Parchman, MS, 1936, rec. John A. Lomax -- 2. The Boss of the Section Gang / Mrs Minta Morgan, Bells, TX, 1937, rec. John A. Lomax -- 3. Jerry Will You Ile That Car / Warde H. Ford, Central Valley, CA, 1939, rec. Sidney Robertson Cowell -- 4. Lining Track / Henry Hankins, Tuscumbia, Alabama, 1939, rec. Herbert Halpert -- 5. Roll On Buddy / Aunt Molly Jackson, New York, New York, 1939, rec. Alan Lomax -- 6. Way Out in Idaho / Blaine Stubblefield, Washington, D.C., 1938, rec. Alan Lomax -- 7. Oh I'm A Jolly Irishman Winding On the Train / Noble B. Brown, Woodman, Wisconsin, 1946, rec. Aubrey Snyder & Helene Statman Thomas -- 8. The Engineer / Lester E. Coffee, Harvard, Illinois, 1946, rec. Aubrey Snyder & Phyllis Pinkerton -- 9. George Allen / sung with banjo by Austin Harmon, Maryville, Tennessee, 1939, rec. Herbert Halpert -- 10. The Wreck of the Royal Palm / sung with guitar by Clarence H. Wyatt, Berea, Kentucky, 1954, rec. Wyatt Insko -- 11. Train Blues / Russell Wide on fiddle and Mr White on guitar at Cherry Lake Farms, Madison, Florida, 1936) -- Side 2: 1. The New River Train / The Ridge Rangers, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1938, rec. Alan & Elizabeth Lomax -- 2. The Train is Off the Track / Mrs Esco Kilgore, Hamiltontown, near Wise, Virginia, 1939, rec. Herbert Halpert -- 3. Gonna Lay My Head Down On Some Railroad Line / Will Wright, Clinton, Arkansas, 1936, rec. Sidney Robertson Cowell -- 4. I Rode Southern, I Rode L & N / sung with guitar by Merie Lovell, Shafter, CA, 1940, rec. Charles L. Todd & Robert Sonkin -- 5. The Lightning Express / Jim Holbert, Visalia, CA, 1940, rec. Charles L. Todd & Robert Sonkin -- 6. Railroad Rag / sung with guitar and mandolin by Joe Harris and Kid West, Shreveport, LA, 1940, rec. John A. & Ruby T. Lomax -- 7. The Railroader / sung with guitar by Mary Kennedy McCord, Springfield, MO, 1941, rec. Vance Randolph -- 8. The T.&p. Line / Mrs Mary Sullivan, Shafter, CA, 1941, rec. Charles L. Tod & Robert Sonkin -- 9. The Dying Hobo / sung with guitar by George Lay, Heber Springs, Arkansas, 1959, rec. Mary C. Parler -- 10. The Big Rock Candy Mountains / sung with guitar by Harry McClintock, San Pedro, CA, 1951, rec. Sam Eskin -- 11. I'm Goin' Home On the Mornin' Train /E.M. Martin and Pearline Johns, Clarksdale, MS, 1942, rec. Alan Lomax.

1936-59.

Transferred to 38 CDA record collection & 39 CDA record collection.

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