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Railroad Runs Through Georgia
Old-Time Fiddle beakdown and song USA; Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri.
ARTIST: from Kuntz.
CATEGORY: Fiddle and Instrumental Tunes
DATE: 1930s;
RECORDING INFO: Powell, Dirk;, John Herrman, Tom Sauber. One Eyed Dog, Yodel-Ay-Hee 008, Cas (1993), trk# 19
Sauber, Tom;, John Herrmann, and Dirk Powell. Young Fogies, Vol. II, Rounder 0369, CD (1995), trk# 13 [1993]
OTHER NAMES: A Railroad Run Through Georgia
SOURCES: Thede; Ceolas; Folk Index; Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 42-43. Yodel-Ay-Hee 008, One Eyed Dog - "Traditional Mountain Tunes" (1993).
Baker, Walter. Thede, Marion (ed.) / The Fiddle Book, Oak, Bk (1967), p 42 [1930s]
NOTES: Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. A Major. AEAE. AABB. The melody was in the repertoire of the Oklahoma Collins family, whose modern-day representative, fiddler Earl Collins, recorded several albums. Older members of the family contributed to Marion Thede's book. Source for notated version: Walter Baker (McCurtain County, Oklahoma) [Thede].
"A Railroad Runs Though Georgia" from Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967:
Railroad runs through Georgia
Railroad and a canal
If it hadn't been for Liza Jane
There never would've been no hell.
(To the second part of the melody)
There never would've been no hell, boys,
There never would've been no hell;
There never would've been no hell, boys,
There never would've been no hell.
Wrap up your troubles in your mind, boys,
Wrap up your troubles in your mind;
Wrap up your troubles in your mind, boys,
Wrap up your troubles in your mind. (Thede)
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