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Gandy Explanation
01:23
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Railroad Man
03:55
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Railroad Man
JPW 2009
I can sit right here for hours
or I can pull 10000 tons
i know all the backways into everything
i'll be here to get the job done.
I am a railroad man
a railroad man
riding up on the train.
Im a railroad man a railroad man
doing my part to move this land.
Im the one blowin that lonesome whistle
can't you hear those steel rails whine.
Singing a song on yesterday
as we go on down the line
You might have heard of some of my friends
Casey Jones and that ol Sim Webb
or you might have heard of ol John Henry
the man that drove that steam drill down.
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Caller 1
00:51
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Caller 2
00:31
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Casey Jones B L of E
06:48
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Casey Jones the Union Scab 2013
To: Railroad Workers United
Fellow workers on the railroad get your head outta the sand,
about ifin when the carriers are gonna run one man!
Because there's a union culture of scabbery,
between the UTU and the BLE-t.
[ Chorus ]
Casey Jones, There's a lot of them around.
Casey Jones won't put the reverser down!
Casey Jones gonna stick it to me and you...
If we let ‘em run trains with a one man crew.
This is the way Mr. Debs said it would be,
if we kept up this jurisdiction scabbery.
The carriers have it just the way they like,
with our unions divided up and just itchin’ for a fight!
Back in the day, hell, we should have merged
and I'm here to tell ya we were actually on the verge,
of organizin' a union with incredible might!
all we have now is one hellava plight.
Casey Jones was in the UTU-e.
Casey said to hell with the B of LE!
If you don't know what I'm talkin’ about-
Better study up on our history!
The BLE, well they were afraid too.
with the general committees screamin' what are we gonna do?
So they got together and kicked out their president,
and that's just a little of how the story went!
[ Chorus ]
Engineer, Conductor, Train Service Employee,
Utility road positions, a blurrin’ of craft autonomy!
Railroads have been thinkin’ years ahead.
While our unions seem to be playin’ dead!
Casey say's "they won't run one man!
The FRA and unions are gonna make a stand!"
but once we had 5 and now we only got 2,
when they sold us out and sidetracked the caboose!
[ Chorus ]
Well the conductors will say to Casey "won't you help us win this fight?"
And he is sure to say "you better go take a hike!"
“You stole my job with that RCO,
And when the telephone rings off to work I'll go!”
[ Chorus ]
Most of us say that we should all be One,
Now that's a big task, but one that must be done!
So you better straighten up and open your eyes!
There ain’t nothin’ left to us but to ORGANIZE!
JP Wright
www.railroadmusic.org
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WSM AM 650 Pan American
00:28
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Caller 3
00:33
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Hoggie 1
02:45
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Caller 4
00:46
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Caller 5
00:41
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Grave Yard Dead
02:37
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Three Days With Pay
04:42
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Caller 6
00:46
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Mike at Kayne Ave
00:15
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Caller 7
00:50
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Caller 8
00:33
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The L&N Blues
02:41
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Caller 9
00:31
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The Long And Nasty Blues
02:11
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Caller 10
00:46
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The One Man Train Blues
01:42
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Thanks Johnny Cash.. it's a Folk thing you would understand.
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Caller 11
01:08
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The Rails Didn't Shine
03:30
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Caller 12
00:48
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The Princess I Love
03:37
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Railroaded
05:06
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Caller 13
00:56
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Go Bum Again 1996
03:10
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A Ghostly Coal Train
01:36
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Where Do They Go?
07:26
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Caller 14
00:36
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Caller 15
01:07
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Hobo Life
03:54
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Caller 16
01:19
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Humpin' Cars For Daddy
01:40
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Caller 17
00:40
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Hoggie Story 2
04:09
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84 84
01:35
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When The Robots Come
03:05
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Brain Labor Report
05:35
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Solidarity Forever
06:22
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John Paul Wright Louisville, Kentucky
John Paul Wright is a community organizer, union organizer / Labor Singer and Djembe player. Working Locomotive Engineer and Folk Musician.. a man of many hats..
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