Railroad Blues
Sam McGee * Track #9 On Country & Western (A Ride Through History • 1924-1960): CD 01 - History Of The 1920s
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Album Country & Western (A Ride Through History • 1924-1960): CD 01 - History Of The 1920s
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Railroad Blues by Sam McGee
Performed by
Sam McGeeAbout
Sam McGee was one of the first white artists to play the guitar in the blues style. This is fast-hand, finger-picked country blues. He doesn’t use a slide here, but alternating the bass and melody parts in the performance shows influences of the Piedmont style.
Railroad Blues Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Went to the depot, looked up on the board
Went to the depot, looked up on the board
It read "Good times here, but better down the road"
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 2]
You can't do me like you done poor Shine
You can't do me like you done poor Shine
You took poor Shine's woman
But you sure can't take mine, Lord no
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Verse 3]
I met a little gypsy in a fortune telling place
I met a little gypsy in a fortune telling place
She read my mind, then she slapped my face, woo
[Instrumental Outro]
Railroad Blues Q&A
Who wrote Railroad Blues's ?
Railroad Blues was written by Sam McGee.
Are there any additional verses?
Two are known of:
Where was you, sweet mamma, when the train left the shed?
Where was you, sweet mamma, when the train left the shed?
I was down in my backyard, wishin' I was dead
As well as:
There was two little monkeys, sittin' up in a tree
There was two little monkeys, sittin' up in a tree
One...