1. _ Lining Track
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
Mo boys, is you right
Done got it right
All i hate about linin' track
These ol' boys are gonna break my back
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
See eloise gonna line 'em track
Down in the holler below the fleld
Angels working on the chariot wheel
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
See eloise gonna line 'em track
Mary and the babe was a sittin' in the shade
Thinking on the money that i ain't made
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
See eloise gonna line 'em track
Moses stood on the red sea shore
Gotta batten down the waves with a 2 by 4
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
See eloise gonna line 'em track
Now if i could i surely would
Stand on the rock where moses stood
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
See eloise gonna line 'em track
Matthew, mark, luke and john
All them disciples dead and gone
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
See eloise gonna line 'em track
Mo boys, is you right
Done got it right
All i hate about lining track
These ol' boys about to break my back
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
Mo boys, can't you line 'em (track a lack)
See eloise gonna line 'em track
Words and music by huddie ledbetter
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2. _ Waiting For A Train
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
All around the water tower
Waiting for a train
A thousand miles away from home
Sleeping in the rain i walked up to a brakeman
Just to give him a line of talk
He said if you've got money
I'll see that you don't walk
Well i haven't got a nickel
Not a penny can 1 show
Get off, get off you railroad bum
And he slammed that boxcar door
Well, he put me off in texas
A state i dearly love
The wide open spaces all around me
The moon and stars up above
Nobody seems to want me
Nor to lend me a helping hand
I'm on my way from frisco
Going back to dixieland
My pocketbook is empty
My heart is full of pain
I'm a thousand miles away from home
Just waiting for a train
Words and music by jimmie rodgers
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3. _ Daddy, What's A Train?
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
Daddy, what's a train? is it something i can ride?
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
Is it bigger than our house? well how can i explain
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4. _ I've Been Working On The Railroad
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
I've been working on the railroad
All the live long day
I've been working on the railroad
Just to pass the time away
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
Rise up so early in the morn
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
Dinah, blow your horn
Dinah won't you blow
Dinah won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow your horn
Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow your horn
Someone's in the kitchen with dinah
Someone's in the kitchen i know
Someone's in the kitchen with dinah
Strumming on the old banjo
Fee fie fiddle eell o
Fee fie fiddle eell o
Fee fie fiddle eell o
Strumming on the old banjo
Traditional
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5. _ Jesse Dreamed Of Trains (reprise)
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
When jesse was a little girl, she only dreamed of trains
She never played with dolls or lacy kinds of things
Jesse counted boxcars instead of counting sheep
She could go anywhere when she went to sleep
Jesse laid a penny on the track one day
In god we trust she walked away
The very next morning all she could find
Was a little piece of copper squashed flatter than a dime
Jesse dreamed of trains
When the nighttime came
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jesse dreamed of trains
Words and music by vince gill and guy clark
(additional words for jesse by john denver)
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6. _ Jenny Dreamed Of Trains
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
When jenny was a little girl, she only dreamed of trains
She never played with dolls or lacy kinds of things
Jenny counted boxcars instead of counting sheep
She could go anywhere when she went to sleep
All she ever talked about was getting on to ride
She was living in another time you could see it in her eyes
And every day after school she'd head down to the track
Waiting for the train that was never coming back
Jenny dreamed of trains
When the nighttime came
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains
The depot's been boarded up, the rails have turned to rust
There hasn't been a train through here since the mill went bust
No one believed her when she said she heard the train
Said she was just a little girl acting kind of strange
Jenny dreamed of trains
When the nighttime came
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains
Jenny laid a penny on the track one day
In god we trust she walked away
The very next morning all she could find
Was a little piece of copper squashed flatter than a dime
Jenny dreamed of trains
When the nighttime came
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains
Nobody knew how she made it come true
Jenny dreamed of trains
Words and music by vince gill and guy clark
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7. _ The Little Engine That Could
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
There was a little railroad train with loads and loads of toys
All starting out to find a home with little girls and boys
And as that little railroad train began to chug along
The little engine up in front was heard to sing this song
Choo, choo, choo, choo
Choo, choo, choo, choo
I feel so good today
Oh hear the track
Oh clickety clack
I'll go my merry way
The little train went rousing on so fast it seemed to fly
Until it reached a mountain that went almost to the sky
The little engine moaned and groaned and huffed and puffed away
But halfway to the top it just gave up and seemed to say
I can't go
I can't go
I'm weary as can be
I can't go
I can't go
This job is not for me
The toys got out to push but all in vain alas alack
And then a great big engine came a whistling down the track
They asked if it would kindly pull them up the mountain side
But with a high and mighty sneer it scornfully replied i
Don't bother me
Don't bother me
To pull the likes of you
Don't bother me
Don't bother me
I've better things to do
The toys all started crying 'cause that engine was so mean
And then there came another one, the smallest ever seen
And though it seemed that she could hardly pull herself along
She hitched on to the train and as she pulled she sang this song
I think i can
I think i can
I think i have a plan
And i can do most anything
If i only think i can
Then up that great big mountain with the cars all full of toys
And soon they reached the waiting arms of little girls and boy
And though that ends the story it will do you lots of good
To take a lesson from the little engine that could
Just think you can
Just think you can
Just have that understood
And very soon you'll start to say
I always knew i could
I knew i could
I knew i could
I knew i could
I knew i could
I knew i could
I knew i could, yeah!
Words and music by william may and warren foster
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8. _ Choo Choo Ch'boogie
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
I'm headed for the station with my pack on my back
I'm tired of transportation in the back of a hack
I just love the rhythm of the clickety clack
I hear the whistle blowing, see the smoke from the stack
And pal around with democratic fellas named mac
Take me right back to the track, jack
Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie
Whoo whoo, whoo whoo ch'boogle
Choo choo choo choo ch'boogie
Take me right back to the track, jack
You reach your destination and alas and alack
You need some compensation to get back in the black
You take a morning paper from the top of the stack
And read the situation from the front to the back
The only job that's open needs a man with a knack
Take me right back to the track, jack
Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie
Whoo whoo, whoo whoo ch'boogle
Choo choo choo choo ch'boogie
Take me right back to the track, jack
Choo choo, choo choo ch'boogie
Whoo whoo, whoo whoo ch'boogle
Choo choo choo choo ch'boogie
He made the freight train boogie
As he rolled down the line
Words and music by horton, darling and gabler
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9. _ Steel Rails
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
Steel rails, chasing sunshine 'round the bend
Winding through the trees like a ribbon in the wind
I don't mind not knowing what lies down the track
'cause i'm looking out ahead
To keep my mind from turning back
It's not the first time, i find myself alone at dawn
If i really had you once, i still have you when i'm gone
Whistle blowing, blowing lonesome in my mind
Calling me along that never ending double line
Steel rails, chasing sunshine 'round the bend
Winding through the trees like a ribbon in the wind
I don't mind not knowing what lies down the track
'cause i'm looking out ahead to keep my mind from turning back
The sun is shining through the open boxcar door
Lying in my mind with the things i've known before
And i've lost count of all the hours, days and time
Just the rhythm of the rails keeps the motion in my mind
Steel rails, chasing sunshine 'round the bend
Winding through the trees like a ribbon in the wind
I don't mind not knowing what lies down the track
'cause i'm looking out ahead to keep my mind from turning back
Words and music by louisa banscomb
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10. _ Freight Train Boogie
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
Casey jones he was a mighty man
But now he's resting in the promised land
The only thing he could understand
Was an eight wheel driver under his command
He made the freight train boogie
All the time
He made the freight train boogie
As he rolled down the line
Whoo whoo, wah wah
Whoo whoo, wah wah
Whoo whoo, wah wah
Whoo whoo, wah wah
He made the freight train boggle
As he rolled down the line
Words and music by kevin griffin
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11. _ Last Train Done Gone Down
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
That last train done left town
That last train done left town
I heard the whistle moaning low
That last train done gone down
My sweet baby's on that train
My sweet baby's on that train
I wonder if i will see her again
That last train done gone down
I heard that whistle moanin' low
I heard that whistle moanin' low
I'm begging and pleading, please don't go
That last train done gone down
I'm sorry for what i've done
I'm sorry for what i've done
Too late good-bye, my sweet baby cried
That last train done left town
That last train done left town
That last train done left town
I heard that whistle moanin' low
That last train done gone down
Words and music by peter rowan
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12. _ People Get Ready
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
People get ready, there's a train a' coming
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board
All you need is faith to hear those diesels humming
You don't need no ticket, you just thank the lord
People get ready, for the train to jordan
Picking up passengers from coast-to-coast
Faith is key, open up the doors and board them
There's hope for all among the loved the most
But there ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
Who would hurt all mankind to save his own
Mave pity on those whose choices grow thinner
There's no hiding place from the kingdom's throne
People get ready, there's a train a' coming
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board
All you need is faith to hear those diesels humming
You don't need no ticket, you just thank the lord
Thank the lord
Words and music by curtis mayfield
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13. _ Old Train
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
Old train, i can hear your whistle blow
And i want to be jumping on again
Old train, i've been everywhere you go
And i know what lies beyond each bend
Old train, each time you pass
You're older than the last
And it seems i'm too old for running
I hear your rusty wheels grate against the rails
They cry with every mile
And i think i'll stay awhile
Old train, i grow weary at the miles
And i miss the freedom that was mine
Old train, just to think about those times
I'll smile when you're highballing by
Old train, each time you pass
You're older than the last
And it seems i'm too old for running
I hear your rusty wheels grate against the rails
They cry with every mile
And i think i'll stay awhile
Words and music by herb pedersen and mikki pedersen
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14. _ Last Hobo
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
He was born in international falls a long, long time ago
Moved to tucumcan when the ironwork got show
He was cornbread and hard scrabble and scratching for every dime
'till he threw it in and he kilt the road to walk that endless line
Now he's the last hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Leaving here
Now he's the last hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Away from here
He tried his hand at lots of jobs and he did 'em all with pride
From shoeing mules to driving trucks, he mastered what he tried
It must have been ramona, she was all he cared about
When she ran away and left him you could see the fire go out
Now he's the last hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Away from here
We hardly ever see him
Once or twice and he would stay a day or two
He'd ask about ramona
Then he'd say that he was only passing through
Now he knows every railroad bull along the right of way
And every hobo jungle from new york to santa fe
He's looked for his ramona on the far side of the hill
Now his sun is sinking lower and he's looking for her still
Now he's the last hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Leaving from here
Now he's the last hobo
Riding the last boxcar
On the last freight train
Away from here
Words and music by george allen
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15. _ City Of New Orleans
This song appears on three albums, and was first released on the poems, prayers and promises album, is also available on the country roads collection album and has also been rerecorded on all ab
Album.
Riding on the city of new orleans
Illinios central, monday morning rail
15 cars and 15 restless riders
3 conductors and 25 sacks of mail
All along a southbound odyssey
The train pulls out of kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields
Passing trains that have no name
Freight yards full of old black men
The graveyards of the rusted automobiles
Singing good morning america, how are you?
Saying, don't you know me i'm your native son?
I'm the train they call the city of new orleans
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Dealing cards with the old men in the club car
Penny a point, ain't no one keeping score
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels a rumbling 'neath the floor
And the sons of pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their fathers' magic carpet made of steel
And mothers with their babes asleep
Rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Singing good morning america, how are you?
Saying don't you know me, i'm your native son?
I'm the train they call the city of new orleans
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Nighttime on the city of new orleans
Changing cars in memphis, tennessee
Halfway home and we'll be there by morning
Through the mississippi darkness rolling down to the sea
But all the towns and people seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news
The conductor sings his song again
The passengers will please refrain
This train has got the disappearing railroad blues
Singing good morning america, how are you?
Saying don't you know me, i'm your native son?
I'm the train they call the city of new orleans
I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Words and music by steve goodman
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16. _ On The Atchison, Topeka And The Sante Fe
This song was first released on the all aboard! album. it is the only album it has been released on.
Do you hear that whistle down the line
I figure that it's engine number 49
She's the only one that'll sound that way
On the atchison, topeka and the santa fe
See the old smoke rising 'round the bend
I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend
Folks around these parts set the time of day
From the atchison, topeka and the santa fe
Here she comes whoo oo oo oo
Hey jim, you better get the rig whoo oo oo oo
She's got a list of passengers that's pretty big
And they'll all want a lift to brown's hotel
'cause lots of them been traveling for quite a spell
All the way from philadel phi a
On the atchison, topeka and the santa fe
All aboard! all aboard!
Let her rip, let her rip, mr. engineer
Gotta go, gotta go far away from here
While the man at the fire, shovels in the coals
Stick your head out the cab and watch the drivers roll
See the towns and the roads go a whizzing by
Fare-the-well laramie and rocky mountain high
Yes sirree, here we are, going all the way
Mustn't quit till we hit califor ni a
See the old smoke rising 'round the bend
I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend
Folks around these parts set the time of day
From the atchison, topeka and the santa fe
Words and music by johnny mercer and harry warren
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