Pt. 8. Railroad songs: Work songs for rail tamping and track laying

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

(Excerpts from) Can't you line 'em? (Unidentified group of eight men) ; Track laying holler ; Wake up call ; Track calling (Henry Truvillion) ; The Dallas railway (Will Rosenborough, Will Brooks, H. David, and Jess Alexander) ; No more, my Lord (Unidentified group of men) ; Steel laying holler (Rochelle Harris) ; Pauline (Allen Prothero).


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