Annotation:Railroad Runs thru Georgia

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RAILROAD RUNS THROUGH GEORGIA. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was in the repertoire of Oklahoma's Pottawatomie County Collins family, whose latter 20th century representative, fiddler Earl Collins, recorded several albums. Older members of the family (such as W.S. Collins) contributed to Marion Thede's book. .

Railroad runs through Georgia
Railroad and a canal
If it hadn't been for Liza Jane
There never would've been no hell.

(To the second part of the melody)
There never would've been no hell, boys,
There never would've been no hell;
There never would've been no hell, boys,
There never would've been no hell.

Wrap up your troubles in your mind, boys,
Wrap up your troubles in your mind;
Wrap up your troubles in your mind, boys,
Wrap up your troubles in your mind. ... ..(Thede)

Source for notated version: Walter Baker (McCurtain County, Oklahoma) [Thede]

Printed sources: Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pp. 42-43.

Recorded sources: Hickoryjack Records, Erynn Marshall & Friends - "Tune Tramp" (2012). Old Homestead Records, Art Stamper - "Fiddle Favorites" (2004). Rounder 0369, Sauber, Hermann, Powell - Young Fogies, vol. II (1995). Yodel-Ay-Hee 008, One Eyed Dog - "Traditional Mountain Tunes" (1993).

See also listing at:
Hear Tom Carter and Gary Stanton's field recording of Max Collins playing the tune at Slippery Hill [1]
Hear Erynn Marshall's version at bandcamp.com [2]

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