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Railroad Fever
Songs, Jokes & Train Lore
Wayne Erbsen
Relive the glory days of railroading! Discover railroad
oddities, poetry of the rails, railroad diner lingo, strange railroad
laws, flying railroads, train heroes and villains, hobo lingo and porters'
secret codes. Like Wayne Erbsen's earlier book, Singing Rails,
Railroad Fever contains the melody and lyrics to many classic
railroad tunes.5 ½ x 8 ½, 64 pages. The perfect companion to the
recording "Railroad Fever."
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Book $5.95
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Includes: Blue Train, Death of John Henry, Down at Dinah's Diner,
Drill Ye Tarriers Drill!, Early Morning Train, The Hell-Bound Train, He's
Coming to Us Dead, In the Baggage Coach Ahead, Jordan is a Hard Road to
Travel, Kansas City Railroad, The Little Red Caboose, The Longest Train,
Paddy Works on the Railway, The Railroad Blues, Red and Green Signal Lights,
Working on the New Railroad.
"...a dandy collection....better than
anything else available...you can't go wrong on this one."--Norm
Cohen, author of Long Steel Rails
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Railroad Fever
Songs of America's Railroads
Wayne Erbsen
Songs include Rock Island Line, Jordan is a Hard Road
to Travel, The Railroad Blues, Death of John Henry, and many more. Performed
on clawhammer banjo, bluegrass banjo, banjo-guitar, banjo-mandolin, fiddle,
mandolin, piano, national steel guitar, harmonica, flamenco guitar, flattop
guitar, washboard, bass. 14 vocals, 49 minutes. The perfect
companion to the book "Railroad Fever."
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CD $14.95
Tape $9.95
TAPES NOW ON SALE for
$5.99!
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to your music we can practically smell the smoke of a locomotive."--Scott
Smith, North Texas Garden Railway Consortium
"This is some of the best music I have ever heard!" Russ Thespionage,
age 17 |
Rock Island Line ,
Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel,
The Railroad Blues, Death of John Henry, The Red and Green Signal Lights,
Reuben's Train, Nine Pound Hammer, Down at Dinah's Diner,
Blue Train, All Aboard!, Working on the New Railroad, Kansas City Railroad,
The Longest Train, and Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill!
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Railroadin' Classics
16 Great Instrumentals
Wayne Erbsen
TUNES: Wabash Cannonball, Railroad Corral, Paddy on the
Railway, The Lightning Express, Casey Jones, L&N Rag, Freight Train,
New Lost Train, Wreck of the Old '97, and many more. Performed on banjo,
banjo-guitar, banjo-mandolin, fiddle, mandolin, dobro, harmonica, guitar,
jews harp, kazoo, bones, spoons, washboard, bass. All instrumentals, 45
minutes.
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CD $14.95
Tape $9.95
TAPES NOW ON SALE for
$5.99!
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on a job well done!"--Dave Higgs, Radio WPLN-FM |
Wabash Cannonball,
Railroad Corral, Paddy on the Railway,
The Lightning Express, Casey Jones, L&N Rag, Freight Train, New Lost
Train,
Wreck of the Old '97, In the Pines, Kansas City Railroad Blues, On the Dummy
Line, New River Train, Reuben's Train, Lost Train Blues, Nine Hundred Miles.
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Singing Rails
Railroadin' Songs, Jokes & Stories
Wayne Erbsen
Finally! A low-cost (but snazzy) book packed with songs
and lore of the railroads! Includes the melody and lyrics to 28 classic
sing-alongs plus: Railroad Superstitions and Tall Tales of Train
Wrecks, Robberies, Ghosts, Hobos, Train Insults, Railroad Slang, Street-Car
Poetry, vintage drawings and photos.
5 ½ x 8 ½, 68 pages. The perfect companion to the recording "Singing
Rails."
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Book $5.95
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Includes: Cannonball Blues, Casey Jones, Death of Edward Lewis,
East Bound Train, Freight Train Boogie, In the Pines, John Henry, Life's
Railway to Heaven, The Lightning Express, Lonesome Pine Special, Midnight
Special, New River Train, Nine Hundred Miles, Nine Pound Hammer, On the
Dummy Line, Railroad Bill, The Railroad Corral, Railroadin' & Gamblin',
Railroading on the Great Divide, Reuben's Train, Rock Island Line, Swannanoa
Tunnel, This Train, Train on the Island, Train That Carried My Girl From
Town, Wabash Cannonball, When the Train Comes Along, Wreck of the Old
97.
"It's fantastic! I love it."--Betsy
Schlosburg
"Wayne did a fantastic job!" David
Althaus, Foreman, Diesel Locomotives, Orange Empire Railroad Museum
"I love Singing Rails." Gladys
Ragsdale, 85 years young
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Singing Rails
14 Railroadin' Songs
Wayne Erbsen
SONGS: Cannonball Blues, Railroading on the Great Divide,
On the Dummy Line, Nine Hundred Miles, John Henry, The Death of Edward
Lewis, and many more. Performed on banjo, fiddle, mandolin, dobro, harmonica,
guitar, washboard, jug. 12 vocals, 2 instrumentals, 40 minutes. The
perfect companion to the book "Singing Rails."
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CD $14.95
Tape $9.95
TAPES NOW ON SALE for
$5.99!
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"A colorful mixture...enjoyable to listen
to over and over."--Railfan & Railroad, March 1998.
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Cannonball Blues, Railroading
on the Great Divide, On the Dummy Line, Nine Hundred Miles,
John Henry, The Death of Edward Lewis, Freight Train Boogie,
Lonesome Pine Special, Train on the Island, Railroad Bill, Railroadin' &
Gamblin', Swannanoa Tunnel,
Poor Casey, Midnight Special.
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