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Freight Train Blues

from The Martin Gilmore Trio by Martin Gilmore

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    "The Martin Gilmore Trio" is the newest release from Martin Gilmore. The trio is Martin Gilmore, Nick Amodeo, and Ian Haegele. Folk and Bluegrass music from Denver, Colorado.

    The record features harmony vocals from Tim O'brien, Courtney Hartman, and Mollie O'Brien.

    Artwork by Noha Eid
    Art Layout by Shari Solheim

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I learned to yodel while driving my car somewhere near Harrisburg, Nebraska. All by myself of course.

I first heard Roy Acuff sing this song, but a lot of people have played it.

lyrics

I was born one morning in a boomer shack
just a half a mile from the railroad track
the freight train whistle taught me how to cry
and the rumple of the engine was my lullaby

I got the freight train blues
I got them in the bottom of my rambling shoes
And when the whistle blows I want to go
Oh, mama don't you know
There ain't no way to lose these freight train blues

My daddy was a fireman, my mama dear
She was the only daughter of an engineer
Sister married a brakeman and it ain't no joke
She knows how to make a good man broke

Chorus

I rode the Burlington Northern and the old UP
The Great Western rail across the San Luis
Rock Island to Denver all across the land
from the mighty Mississippi to the Rio Grande

Chorus

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from The Martin Gilmore Trio, released January 26, 2021
Martin Gilmore: Vocals, Guitar
Nick Amodeo: Mandolin
Ian Haegele: Bass

Traditional - Arranged by Martin Gilmore (Timtomtodd Music, ASCAP)

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Martin Gilmore Denver, Colorado

Martin Gilmore is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, mandolinist and recording artist from Denver, Colorado. He is an instructor of folk and bluegrass music at the University of Northern Colorado and at Swallow Hill Music Association.

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