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Lyricist: Wallace Saunders, T. Lawrence Seibert. " The Ballad of Casey Jones ", also known as " Casey Jones, the Brave Engineer " or simply " Casey Jones ", is a traditional American folk song about railroad engineer Casey Jones and his death at the controls of the train he was driving. It tells of how Jones and his fireman Sim Webb raced their ...
It is a simple song about a railroad station master seeing the steam locomotives off to work. The song itself is much older than 1948; it has been seen in a 1931 Recreation magazine. [2] Whether deliberately copied or not, the tune is very closely related to the chorus of the French-Canadian folk song "Alouette".
A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in all major musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.
"Meet Virginia" is the debut single of American roots rock band Train, released in 1998 from their self-titled debut album. Originally serviced to adult album alternative radio in March 1998, the song took over a year to gain popularity on mainstream radio, eventually reaching number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 2000, becoming Train's first top-20 hit and their first single ...
1894; 130 years ago (1894) Songwriter (s) Traditional. "I've Been Working on the Railroad" is an American folk song. The first published version appeared as "Levee Song" in Carmina Princetonia, a book of Princeton University songs published in 1894. [1] The earliest known recording is by The Shannon Quartet, released by Victor Records in 1923.
Music video. "Hey Soul Sister" on YouTube. " Hey, Soul Sister " is a song by American rock band Train. It was written by lead singer Pat Monahan, Amund Bjørklund, and Espen Lind. It was released as the lead single from the band's fifth studio album, Save Me, San Francisco (2009). The song reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and ...
Canadian Railroad Trilogy. "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" is a story song that was written, composed, and first performed in 1966 by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who released his original recording of it in 1967. The song was commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to celebrate the Canadian Centennial in 1967.
Nick Davis. Genesis. " Driving the Last Spike " is the third track on the Genesis album We Can't Dance, released in 1991. The song's lyrics by Phil Collins are about the Navvies: railway workers of the 19th century, many of whom died constructing Britain 's railways. The song narrates the thoughts and feelings of an unnamed railway worker in ...