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"Ready to suffer grief or pain" had a British author in the tradition of the Keswick Hymn-Book, but Tillman wrote the tune which is invariably and exclusively used in the United States. Tillman first published the British lyrics with his tune in Tillman's Revival No. 4 in Atlanta in 1903. The British lyrics are in five quatrains. Tillman moved ...
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.
O watchman on the mountain height: W.O. Cushing: 192: Holy Spirit, lead us now: John H. Yates: 195: Come, Holy Spirit, like a dove descending: Robert Bruce* 200: Descend, O Flame of sacred fire: F.J. Crosby: 206: We praise thee, we bless Thee, our Saviour Divine. F.J. Crosby: Arranged by Sankey from a tune by Thomas Koschat (1845–1914) [5 ...
"Life Is Like a Mountain Railway" (Traditional; arranged by John Duffey and Mike Auldridge) – 03:37 "I Don't Know You" (Moreno, Black) – 02:38 "California Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 03:53 "San Antonio Rose" – 02:29 "Daddy Was a Railroad Man" (Phil Rosenthal) – 02:29 "Walking the Blues" (Tom Gray) – 03:59
The Eyes of Texas" is the spirit song of the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas at El Paso. It is set to the tune of "I've Been Working on the Railroad" with alternate lyrics written in 1904. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the university sing the song at Longhorn sports games and other events. [13]
Historical America in Song, released in 1950 by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, is an album set by folk singer Burl Ives. Each of the six albums consists of five 12-inch vinylite records, for a total of thirty 78 rpm records. [1] Each album has its own cover with a drawing of the Washington Monument on it (see the illustration).
The song was next mentioned as a chanty in R. C. Adams' On Board the Rocket (1879), in which the sea captain tells of experiences in American vessels out of Boston in the 1860s. Adams includes an exposition on sailors' chanties, including their melodies and sample lyrics. In this discussion he quotes "Paddy, Come Work on the Railway":
In the Reader's Digest Children's Songbook, published in 1985, the song is adapted with new words by Dan Fox and his son, Paul. The lyrics tell of the things "she" will do in increasing number up to ten, for example, "She'll be ridin' on a camel", "She'll be tuggin' on two turtles", and "She'll be carvin' three thick thistles". [3]