The Ballad of Railroad Don by the Addled Zen Ramblers

This is dedicated to Railroad Don who has made us two more cigar box guitars.
http://www.youtube.com/user/railroadDon
Thanks also to LG for her advice and encouragement.
Written by J M Carson and Jack Pedlow.
Down there in the freight yard
Hammers ring and engines wail
He keeps those trains a rolling
O'er the tundra's frozen rail
But at night there is a light
In the workshop on the trail
He's making wood make music
Making steel to tell a tale

My good friend Railroad Don
What a long strange trip that you've been on
You've been working in the railroad shift by day
At night making guitars for us to play

Just below the treeline
Where the lonely huskies howl
Sasquatch breathes among the leaves
And the wolves are on the prowl
And the Northern Lights are waltzing
They're dancing to the tune
From the man who makes the music
By the still light of the moon

And there's Lonesome Mike and Railroad Don
What a long strange trip we've all been on
You've been working in the railroad shift by day
At night making guitars for us to play

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• Belfast
• Ireland
• railroad
• JackPedlow
• JMCarson
• GavinEllisMcdee
• sasquatch
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[geoff1945]

Great perfomance. Just noticed the CBGs . I love the sound. Looking forward to hearing more from you guys, Foggy. lol

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@geoff1945 Cheers Geoff!

[downhill240]

You boys are really good. Thanks for sharing your love of acoustic music with us. I'm signing on to your channel as soon as this song is done!!

[ljped]

@downhill240 We really enjoyed doing this one. Thanks.

[fearlessfranky]

Nice song -  I love it BSJ

[ljped]

@fearlessfranky Thanks for listening!

[sixstrings2650]

God bless Don. The Cigar Box Ambassador to the world. He made me one also and it is beautiful.

[ljped]

@singularity64 Great to hear from you Ferdy! Your new video is fab :)

[singularity64]

Great song Jack, and an excellent performance by you all.

Cheers

Ferdy

[ljped]

@sherrillwallace I'm sure that you would fit right in Sherrill :)