November 21, 201411 yr Author The pressure is on - Hank Jr That is a really good one, thanks for posting that.
November 21, 201411 yr Author Here is an old ballad about a train hobo that is too old to do it anymore but he keeps on trying. Sad lyrics and great vocals by Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen. The Country Gentlemen - Joe's Last Train "Standing by the railroad tracks his chin down on his chest The old man couldn't catch a train, although he tried his best A sleeping roll, a coffee pot, a jug half full of wine He threw inside the boxcar, that went on down the line" "Somewhere in his memory there lives a younger man who tried to leave the busy world he didn't understand. He gave it up and caught a train back 40 years ago. Trains kept getting faster, while poor old Joe got slow" "He don't regret the life he's lived, the rails have been his friend If nothing else he's living free to come and go again. Though time has come to claim it's toll, his age has slowed him down He knows he'll try his luck again, the next train out of town" Chorus "Poor old Joe's too old to catch a train But something keeps him trying just the same Old soldiers and old sailors have a place to go But no one helps a railroad bum like poor old Hobo Joe." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP9PlVi2q1k
November 21, 201411 yr Here's another one for you. It's by country/honkytonker Scott Miller. I had the pleasure of seeing Scott Miller perform with his former band the The V-Roys in one of the final shows at the old Southgate House in Newport in the presence of Jim Schue, formerkywrestler, titletownclown, ADopted ADmiral, and Habib. Scott Miller - Amtrak Crescent
November 27, 201411 yr If Jumper Dad can go through the trouble of finding that many train songs on YouTube, I have to, at the very least, give him a Like and an Attaboy. :thumb:
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