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"Slow Train" is a song by British duo Flanders and Swann, written in July 1963. [1] It laments the closure of railway stations and lines brought about by the Beeching cuts in the 1960s, and also the passing of a way of life. [2] Written by Swann in F Major, its slow 6/8 rhythm evokes a steam train slowing and finally stopping.
The song narrates the thoughts and feelings of an unnamed railway worker in the form of a soliloquy or internal monologue. The title is a phrase meaning the completion of a major railway project—placing the " last spike " is often a momentous occasion.
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 nearly all musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.
In 1980 the BBC first broadcast the railway documentary Great Railway Journeys: Confessions of a Train Spotter. The programme title was premised on presenter Michael Palin’s childhood as a trainspotter. [64] Song of Experience, first aired in 1986, was a stand-alone film produced as part of the BBC’s Screen Two drama series.
Poor Paddy Works on the Railway" is a popular Irish folk and American folk song (Roud 208). Historically, it was often sung as a sea shanty. The song portrays an Irish worker working on a railroad. There are numerous titles for the song, including "Pat Works on the Railway" and "Paddy on the Railway" and "Fillimiooriay".
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The work was incorporated with other compositions under Opus 19 No. 3, Album leaf.It is rarely played. One of the performances is that of the symphony orchestra of the SNCF with the choirs of the Oratory on the occasion of a Congress of the "Association internationale du congrès des chemins de fer" (AICCF) in 1966.
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