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Slow Train Through Georgia

Source Recording: Norman Blake (1976)

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Song Details

Songwriter

Norman Blake

First Release

Norman Blake (1976)

Genres

Folk

Themes

Train Struggle

Popularity

Uncommon

Source Recording

Artist

Norman Blake

Album

Whiskey Before Breakfast (1976)

Key Eb Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 78 BPM Length 4:07 ISRC USRO27606314

Musicians

Norman Blake — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Charlie Collins — Guitar

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Other Notable Recordings

Bob Minner

Slow Train Through Georgia · From Sulphur Springs to Rising Fawn: The Songs of Norman Blake (2022)

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Slow Train Through Georgia

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Down by the county bridge Gondola Road

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Hauling down to Birmingham the dirty half slack coal

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I shouldn’t have let ’em move me on come sunshine rain or drought

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‘Cause just like the circle says southern serves the South

Hardship and troubles lord you know I had some

Gettin’ older every day I’m a fairweather bum

Let me tell you good people here it’s just about time

Catch a slow train through Georgia and ease a worried mind

Forty miles an hour she’s rolling down the line

Greasy rail red clack trails through the long leaf pines

Anyplace that sunshine falls is where I long to be

Sunshine southern special drove me to the sea

Lord I wish was livin’ day by day someplace down the track

Come on gal my old pal lord you know we’ll not look back

I’ll take down this old guitar I’ll play her every day

Let the slow train through Georgia roll my blues aways

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