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Raised by the Railroad Line

Source Recording: The Seldom Scene (1972)

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Song Details

Songwriter

Paul Craft

First Release

The Seldom Scene (1972)

Themes

Train

Attributes

Minor Chords

Popularity

Uncommon

Source Recording

Artist

The Seldom Scene

Album

Key F Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 85 BPM Length 2:56 ISRC US37G0400475

Musicians

John Starling — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Mike Auldridge — Backup Vocals, Dobro
John Duffey — Backup Vocals, Mandolin
Ben Eldridge — Banjo
Tom Gray — Bass

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Raised by the Railroad Line

1 4 1

The clickety sound of the southbound freight

5

And the high-speed hum of a passenger train

1 6m

Becomes a part of the soul and the heart and the mind

3m 5 1

Of the boy who’s raised by the railroad line

The sound of the whistle at the cross in the road

And the tanks and the trucks and the tractors on the flatcar load

Becomes a part of the soul and the heart and the mind

Of the boy who’s raised by the railroad line

4 3m 2m 5 1

And the big round penny that you lay on the rails and the wheels mash flat

4 3m 2m 5

And the glimpse of the ladies and the pictures of the men in the engineer’s hat

And the brakeman waves from the red caboose

He’s a part of the past and never quite turns loose

He’s a part of a soul and the heart and the mind

Of the boy who’s raised by the railroad line

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