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| daughterson |
 Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:09 am |
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Raisin' a Ruckus
Joined: 20 Oct 2005
Posts: 72
Location: Emmett, Idaho
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Just recently obtained a copy of Wawa, gotta say Ruebens Train has the best intro of any Old Crow songs, i cant get enough of it, gotta play it for myself!!!! HELP,HELP,PLEASE!!  |
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| Leaf Liar |
| Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:31 pm |
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Raisin' a Ruckus
Joined: 19 Oct 2005
Posts: 133
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There is a banjo tuning made specially for this tune:
It's a D tuning: starting with the fifth and going to the first:
F# DF#AD
Most of the song is played between the second and third fret..
good luck
song is also known as 900 miles....Train 45....
(Woody Guthrie fiddles a fine version on on of his Folkways Records) |
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| GumboStu |
| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:03 am |
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*Irish Stew*
Joined: 03 Oct 2007
Posts: 3666
Location: Joe's Cornfield
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This is the Wawa version:
Let's go boys ...
Old Reuben's Train
Old Reuben had a train run from Boston to Maine
He couldn't get no letters from his home
well you don't believe he's gone saw the back of that train roll on
900 miles away from home
hoo - woo hoo
well i pawn you my watch i'll pawn you my chain
I'll pawn you my darlings golden ring
well you must have been drunk when you pawned your watch and trunk
for get your little baby out of jail
woman tell me so i'd never railroad no more
I'd sidetrack that train and head right home
if she told me so i'd never moonshine no more
i'd chop down my still and head right home
with my head hanging down ...
Well the hobo said to the bum you got liquor i'd like some
but i couldn't see my mama this a way
no i couldn't see my mama this a way
Ah poor old Reuben had a wreck broke old Reuben's neck
poor body it never has been found
all they found was a head down by the driver's shed
'bout a mile and a half outside town
Oh poor old Reuben ...
Woo - woo hoo
Woo hoooo |
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