Long steel rail : the railroad in American folksong
Norm Cohen, David Cohen (Editor)
Impeccable scholarship and lavish illustration mark this landmark study of American railroad folksong. The author provides a sweeping discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the evolution of the American folksong. The heart of the book is a detailed analysis of eighty-five songs, from "John Henry" and "The Wabash Cannonball" to "Hell-bound train" and "Casey Jones", with their music, sources, history, variations, and discographies. A substantial new introduction updates this edition
Print Book, English, ©2000
Second edition
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, ©2000