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DONKEY ON THE RAILROAD TRACK. Old-Time, Novelty Piece. A novelty piece by Al Hopkins with his group The Hill-Billies. It features descriptive imitations of a train played on the fiddle, with spoken story.

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Recorded sources: Document 8040, "The Hill Billies/Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, vol. 2" (reissue). Vocalion [78 RPM] (1926).




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