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Elizabeth Cotten Freight Train Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 6.88/10 [16 votes]Album: Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes / Original Release Date: 1989-01-01Genre: Singer/SongwriterSong Duration: 2 min 46 sec
ELIZABETH COTTEN
- Freight Train Lyrics / with translationsChorus:
Freight train, Freight train, run so fast
(rep.)
Please don't tell what train I'm on
They won't know what route I've gone
When I am dead and in my grave
No more good times here I crave
Place the stones at my head and feet
Tell them all that I've gone to sleep.
When I die, Lorde, bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut street
Then I can hear old Number 9
As she comes rolling by.
Freight train, Freight train, run so fast
(rep.)
Please don't tell what train I'm on
They won't know what route I've gone
When I am dead and in my grave
No more good times here I crave
Place the stones at my head and feet
When I die, Lorde, bury me deep
Way down on old Chestnut street
Then I can hear old Number 9
As she comes rolling by.
Facts about Freight Train
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Freight Train is written by Elizabeth Cotton, Paul James, Fred Williams.
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It is first released on January 01, 1989 as part of Elizabeth Cotten's album "Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes" which includes 14 tracks in total. This song is the 1st track on this album.
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When we search for the deeper meaning hidden within the lines, the song 'Freight Train' by Elizabeth Cotten uses the freight train to represent the singer's wish to achieve personal freedom through secret escape. The freight train lyrics mainly focus on expressing thoughts about reflection and solitude and peace and freedom and nostalgic memories. The song conveys two main themes which include escape and freedom and death and final rest. The lyrics contain themes of death and burial which may be sensitive for younger children. The language and imagery create a PG rating because it may disturb some young listeners who find the content unsettling through its non-explicit nature.
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Freight Train falls under the genres Singer, Songwriter.
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Freight Train song length is 2 minutes and 46 seconds.
Who wrote Freight Train lyrics?
Freight Train is written by Elizabeth Cotton, Paul James, Fred Williams.
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When was Freight Train released?
It is first released on January 01, 1989 as part of Elizabeth Cotten's album "Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes" which includes 14 tracks in total. This song is the 1st track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Freight Train lyrics?
When we search for the deeper meaning hidden within the lines, the song 'Freight Train' by Elizabeth Cotten uses the freight train to represent the singer's wish to achieve personal freedom through secret escape. The freight train lyrics mainly focus on expressing thoughts about reflection and solitude and peace and freedom and nostalgic memories. The song conveys two main themes which include escape and freedom and death and final rest. The lyrics contain themes of death and burial which may be sensitive for younger children. The language and imagery create a PG rating because it may disturb some young listeners who find the content unsettling through its non-explicit nature.
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Which genre is Freight Train?
Freight Train falls under the genres Singer, Songwriter.
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How long is the song Freight Train?
Freight Train song length is 2 minutes and 46 seconds.
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these lyrics are submitted by kaanSongwriter(s): Elizabeth Cotton, Paul James, Fred Williams
Record Label(s): 1989 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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