Lonesome Whistle: An Anthology of American Railroad Song

Edition: Box Set

Genre: Folk

Sub-Genre: Folk

Label: Proper Box

Number of Discs: 4

Track Listing:

Disc 1
1: The Wreck On the Southern Old 97 - Kelly Harrell
2: The Brave Engineer - Roy Harvey
3: I Wish My Mother Was On That Train - Blind Joe Taggart
4: I Raised My Window and Looked at the Risin' Sun - Ollie Rupert
5: The Yellow Dog Blues - Sam Collins
6: Gonna Die With My Hammer in My Hand - The Williams Brothers
7: C & O Blues - Blind Joe Taggart
8: The Wreck of the Virginian No. 3 - Roy Harvey
9: The Longest Train I Ever Saw - The Tenneva Ramblers
10: K. C. Railroad Blues - Andrew & Jim Baxter
11: Mean Conductor Blues - Ed Bell
12: Frisco Whistle Blues - Ed Bell
13: Rambler Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
14: Sunshine Special - Blind Lemon Jefferson
15: Train 45 - Henry Whitter
16: Ramblin' Reckless Hobo - Burnett And Rutherford
17: Chattanooga Blues - The Allen Brothers
18: Sunbeam Blues - Billiken Johnson
19: Big Railroad Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers
20: If I Die a Railroad Man - The Tenneva Ramblers
21: C. C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson
22: The Red and Green Signal Lights - G.B Grayson
23: Royal Palm Special Blues - Sloppy Henry
24: Casey Jones - Furry Lewis
25: Hellbound Train - Frank Hutchison

Disc 2
1: Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
2: Texas and Pacific Blues - Frenchy's String Band
3: Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
4: Engine One-forty-three - The Carter Family
5: The Train's Done Left Me - Carolina Tar Heels
6: Old Rock Island Blues - Lonnie Coleman
7: The New York Hobo - Darby and Tarlton
8: Western Kentucky Limited - E. E. Hack String Band
9: Riding the Blinds - Eddie Mapp
10: The Hobo's Last Ride - Buell Kazee
11: Pea Vine Blues - Charley Patton
12: Cannonball Blues - Frank Hutchison
13: Train Whistle Blues - Jimmie Rodgers
14: Railroad Bill - Will Bennett
15: John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) - Part 1 - Furry Lewis
16: Long Train Blues - Robert Wilkins
17: K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band
18: Freight Train Ramble - Darby and Tarlton
19: Lonesome Frisco Line - Darby and Tarlton
20: Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
21: Wabash Cannonball - The Carter Family
22: The New 'Frisco Train - Bukka White
23: M & O Blues - Willie Brown
24: M & O Blues - Walter Davis
25: Travelin' Railroad Man Blues - Alabama Sheiks

Disc 3
1: True and Trembling Brakeman - Cliff Carlisle
2: Railroad Man Blues - Walter Davis
3: The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
4: Too-too Train Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
5: B and O Blues No. 2 - Blind Willie McTell
6: Railroad Blues - Sam McGee
7: Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing) - Memphis Minnie
8: Blow Yo' Whistle Freight Train - The Delmore Brothers
9: B and O Line Blues - Bumble Bee Slim
10: Flying Crow Blues - Dallas Jamboree Jug Band
11: Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lewis
12: New River Train - The Monroe Brothers
13: The Heavenly Train - Bill Carlisle
14: Depot Blues - The Crowder Brothers
15: My Saviour's Train - The Monroe Brothers
16: A. & V. Railroad Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
17: The Flying Crow - Black Ivory King
18: The Katy Blues - Blind Norris
19: Train, Carry My Girl Back Home - Wade Mainer
20: Love in Vain - Robert Johnson
21: Riding On That Train Forty-five - Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris
22: Golden Gate Gospel Train - Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet
23: Station Boy Blues - Roosevelt Antrim
24: Train Whistle Blues - Shelley Lee Alley
25: Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues) - Sleepy John Estes

Disc 4
1: Streamline Train - Cripple Clarence Lofton
2: Santa Fe Blues - Smith Casey
3: Orange Blossom Special - The Rouse Brothers
4: Special Stream Line - Bukka White
5: Rock Island Line - Lead Belly
6: C. & N.W. Railroad - Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
7: Gospel Cannon Ball - Karl Harty
8: Hobo Blues - Yank Rachell
9: Mean Old Frisco Blues - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
10: Lining Track (Line 'Em) - Lead Belly
11: Lonesome Train - Sonny Terry
12: G. M. & O. Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson
13: Pan American - Hank Williams
14: Hard Travelin' - Woody Guthrie
15: Train Fare Home - Muddy Waters
16: Railroad Station Blues - T-Bone Walker
17: This Train - Reverend Robert Ballinger
18: Mystery Train - Elvis Presley
19: Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
20: Smokestack Lightnin' - Howlin' Wolf
21: Down Bound Train - Chuck Berry
22: Train Kept a Rollin' - Johnny Burnette
23: I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow - Johnny Cash