Railroad Runs Thru Georgia
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Railroad Runs thru Georgia" is an old-time breakdown in A Major. It is played in<br> AEae fiddle tuning. The parts are played AABB.<br> The melody was in the repertoire of Oklahoma's Pottawatomie County Collins family,<br> whose latter 20th century representative, fiddler Earl Collins, recorded several albums.<br> Older members of the family (such as W.S. Collins) contributed to Marion Thede's book.<br> <br> Railroad runs through Georgia<br> Railroad and a canal<br> If it hadn't been for Liza Jane<br> There never would've been no hell.<br> <br> (To the second part of the melody)<br> There never would've been no hell, boys,<br> There never would've been no hell;<br> There never would've been no hell, boys,<br> There never would've been no hell.<br> <br> Wrap up your troubles in your mind, boys,<br> Wrap up your troubles in your mind;<br> Wrap up your troubles in your mind, boys,<br> Wrap up your troubles in your mind. ... ..(Thede)<br> <br> It was printed in Thede's The Fiddle Book (1967) and<br> Lamancusa's The Gettysburg Collection of Old-Time Fiddle Tunes (2021)<br> It was recorded by Erynn Marshall & Friends on Tune Tramp (2012)<br> Art Stamper on Fiddle Favorites (2004),<br> Sauber, Hermann, Powell on Young Fogies, vol. II (1995) and<br> One Eyed Dog on Traditional Mountain Tunes (1993).<br>
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