Me I like Arlo’s in his early years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF1lqEQFVUo
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That is my favorite version also Bill.(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
John Prine died today of complications with the Corina Virus.
Rest in peace John.
Adam
September in Seattle by Shawn Mullins
Hi Folks;
It’s not an audio recording, but I have a copy of the book Scalded to Death by the Steam by Katie Letcher Lyle. It includes musical scores for the songs, a history of the wreck, and some background on how the song developed. It starts with The Wreck of Old 97 (same tune used in the New Kingston Trio’s The Man Who Never Returned), and includes many old railroad wreck ballads. Interesting material if you can find a copy (perhaps at the public library when we can go to them again).
Cheers, David Meashey
Dave,
I have a copy of that book and have really enjoyed it over the years.
I like how it gives the history of a train wreck then goes on to tell how the story/song developed
then gives you the score of the music.
Great book thanks for bringing it up(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
Does anyone know the “Glasgow Underground” song? A real life train that just gos roundy-round.
And then there’s Charlie and the MTA. That’s the reason they call the subway access card in Boston a “Charlie Card”.
Pete, thanks, that is cool, I didn’t know that about the Charley card(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
Pete;
I wrote this a number of years ago to poke a little fun at myself. It is the same tune as the M.T.A. song and The Wreck of Old 97. Tink was the nickname for my locomotive at Hershey Park. No amphibians were harmed in the making of the song. The locomotive stopped with her pilot truck over the frog of the switch. Maintenance boss, Elmer “Zeke” Zartman, considered each rail as a “track,” hence “four tracks to choose from.”
The Wreck of Tinker Belle
Let me tell you the story about Davy Meashey,
An aspiring young engineer,
And the day that a wreck on the Dry Gulch Railroad,
Nearly put an end to Dave’s career.
Chorus:
Well did his train jump the track,
Yes, it jumped the track,
And the bouncing nearly broke his back,
Shook his glasses from his eyes as it rumbled o’re the ties,
And it smashed a poor hop-toad flat!
It was Dave’s first week of being a runner,
And Sunday was the last day left,
When he came down the trestle to a broken spring switch,
And he couldn’t go right or left.
Chorus
Well the rails ran out for Dave’s little locomotive,
And she found herself stranded there,
But when Dave got out to inspect the damage,
He found he hadn’t lost a hair.
Chorus
Well they walked the passengers back to the station,
And gave them their tickets back,
Then they went back down to their forlorn locomotive,
And sought to put her back on the track.
Chorus
Well the work crew was kind ‘cause they didn’t say nothin’,
For about two weeks and then,
Zeke said “Whatcha’ call a guy, whose got four tracks to choose from,
And he misses all of them?”
Chorus
OK, useless drivel, I know, but it may amuse someone.
Regards, David Meashey