- Written by
- Elizabeth Cotten
- Composition date
- 1906
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-900.836.213-8 ISWC
- Comments
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"Freight Train" was written by Elizabeth Cotten when she was 11 or 12. After marrying and having a child, Cotten gave up music for many years. In 1945 she was hired as a domestic by the Seeger family and eventually started playing again. Peggy Seeger learnt "Freight Train" from her and took the song to the UK, where she played the song in folk clubs. Here it was heard by Chas McDevitt and Bill Varley, who copyrighted the song and recorded it with vocalist Nancy Whiskey.
First three verses -
Freight train, freight train, run so fast
Freight train, freight train, run so fast
Please don't tell what train I'm on
They won't know what route I'm going
When I'm dead and in my grave
No more good times here I crave
Place the stones at my head and feet
And tell them all I've gone to sleep
When I die, oh bury me deep
Down at the end of old Chestnut Street
So I can hear old Number Nine
As she comes rolling by - Licensing
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Versions
Freight Train written by Elizabeth Cotten English
Freight Train written by Elizabeth Cotten instrumental
Den fredløse written by John Mogensen Danish
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Den fredløse | Four Jacks | 1957 | First recording on June 6, 1957 First release |
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Den fredløse | Jacks [DK] | 1996 | |||
Den fredløse | Keld Heick - Jesper Asholt - Jesper Lohmann - Stig Rossen | 2011 |
Freight Train written by Chas McDevitt, Bill Varley English
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Freight Train | The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group (Featuring Nancy Whiskey) | April 1957 | First recording in December 1956 First release |
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Tren de carga | Los 5 Latinos con Lucio y su conjunto | 1958 | First release |
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Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Den fredlöse | Bertil Englund - Rolf Larssons orkester | September 1957 | First recording on August 28, 1957 First release |
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Den fredlöse | Nick Sundin med Rolf Larssons orkester | March 1958 |
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