Songs about work, jail, trains and card games only in this thread!

[Bennyboy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlAPDQdHqCY

[meegbear]

1. What does "Iraq's Sadr expected to extend truce" ...

Have to do with songs about work, jail, trains and card games?

[Bennyboy]

2. Absolutely nothing!

I am so stupid sometimes. I forgotted to make the linky thingie and blew it big time.....

[Bennyboy]

3. Big Boss Man!

Elvis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfUT__59hM8&feature=related

[flvegan]

4. "Jailbreak" by AC/DC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MGLD3yhYkU

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. The god and his band doing "Locomotive Breath"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdz_G1VGJ4c

[BuelahWitch]

6. Take this Job and SHOVE IT!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go80lVOVr08

:rofl: :rofl:

[Bennyboy]

7. Come to Daddy, I'm on an inside straight.....

and I got no chance of losin' this time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWBpUy87lFs

[Bake]

8. I hate all these YouTube links!!! (It's blocked at my office ...)

But hell, where to start ...

Train Songs:
City of New Orleans
Old No.9
Wabash Cannonball


Work songs:
Dark As A Dungeon (coal mining)
Workin' Man's Blues (Merle Haggard)
Workin' In The Coal Mine

Card Games:
The Gambler (Kennry Rogers)

And my all-time favorite that covers just about all the bases:

I was drunk the day my Mom got of prison,
And I went to pick her up in the rain.
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck,
She got run over by a damned ol' train,

And I'll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standin' in the rain,
You don't have to call me Darlin', Darlin'
You never even called me by my name.

David Allan Coe



HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Bake

[Bennyboy]

10. Gotta love DAC!

[Bake]

11. The Perfect Country and Western Song!

:woohoo:

Bake

[Bennyboy]

9. Somebody robbed the Glendale Train.....

This morning at half past nine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm-6d29L9t0&feature=related

[KamaAina]

12. Threefer: "City of New Orleans"

(sorry, no jail :-) )

Good morning, America, how are you
Don't you know me, I'm your native son
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done

Dealin' cards with the old men in the club car
Penny a point, ain't no one keepin' score
Won't you pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor
And the sons of pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpet made of steam
Mothers with their babes asleep
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they dream

[Bennyboy]

13. I cut my deck to the queen of spades.......

But the cards were all the same....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IcgypdPbaA&feature=related Dire Wolf.

[Bennyboy]

14. Drivin that train.......

High on Cocaine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9otdfntV7sA

[ok_cpu]

15. Orange Blossom Special

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROILFR7jnqA&feature=related

[tigereye]

16. Driver 8 - REM

don't know if there's a link to it... I'll check. Here's a nice one from the 80s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH4idj6kDVU


City of New Orleans, as well.

[trof]

17. I was three days out of Folsom, playin' five-card draw.

Sitin' in the club car, sippin' whiskey through a straw.
I was on my way to Houston and a job that I just got,
Sellin' shined up busted junkers at Big Eddie's Used car Lot.

Thank you.
I'll be here all week.
Don't forget to tip your waitperson.

[Z_I_Peevey]

18. This one covers jail, trains and work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffHcGlF0xDw

The first thing I remember knowing,
Was a lonesome whistle blowing,
And a young un's dream of growing up to ride;
On a freight train leaving town,
Not knowing where I'm bound,
No-one could change my mind but Mama tried.
One and only rebel child,
From a family, meek and mild:
My Mama seemed to know what lay in store.
Despite all my Sunday learning,
Towards the bad, I kept on turning.
'Til Mama couldn't hold me anymore.

And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole.
No-one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried.
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading, I denied.
That leaves only me to blame 'cos Mama tried.

Instrumental break.

Dear old Daddy, rest his soul,
Left my Mom a heavy load;
She tried so very hard to fill his shoes.
Working hours without rest,
Wanted me to have the best.
She tried to raise me right but I refused.

And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole.
No-one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried.
Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading, I denied.
That leaves only me to blame 'cos Mama tried.

[EstimatedProphet]

19. Talk about a thread made specifically for the Dead!

Why not just say "List some Dead songs"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiiSJk-mcJo I Know You Rider

[darkstar]

21. No doubt! Throw in rivers and I think we've got it covered....

:hi:

[Bennyboy]

29. You figgered me out!

[darkstar]

20. Here's a toe tapper

Dylan's "Rambling Gambling Willie"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpWnF-w79nE

[Inchworm]

22. Four Walls of Raiford

Jesus Disclaimer: He is mentioned

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cxEDiZphQ-Q

:D

[Ptah]

23. How about

You Never Even Called Me By My Name

Well, I was drunk the day my Mom got outta prison.
And I went to pick her up in the rain.
But, before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got runned over by a damned old train.

So I'll hang around as long as you will let me
And I never minded standin' in the rain. No,
You don't have to call me darlin', darlin'
You never even call me, I wonder why you don't call me
Why don't you ever call me by my name.

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Folsom Prison Blues

I hear the train a comin'; it's rollin' 'round the bend,
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when.
I'm stuck at Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on.
But that train keeps rollin' on down to San Antone.

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Take the A Train

You must take the "A" train
To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem
If you miss the "A" train
You'll find you missed the quickest way to Harlem
Hurry, get on, now it's coming
Listen to those rails a-thrumming
All aboard, get on the "A" train
Soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem

[Tikki]

24. Work and sometimes Jail is work....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2AjiSwBZoc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBTxb6hkJbg


Tikki

[mondo joe]

25. If Love Was a Train by Michelle Shocked

If love was a train
I think I would ride a slow one
One that would ride thru the night
Making every stop
If love was a train
I would feel no pain and I would never get off

If love was a train
I think I would ride me a long one
Hear me talking
I'm talking fifty boxcars long
Aw, what's the use?
Most trains these days
Ain't got no engine
Much less a caboose woo woo!

Look out here she comes
Look out there she goes

If love was a train
I'd throw my body on her tracks
If love was a train
I'd throw my body right down on her tracks
If love was a train
I would feel no pain
As she rolled right down my back

But love ain't no train
More like a broncing bull
And the most you get's 15 seconds
In that saddle
And even if you manage to ride
You are all shaken up inside
And it's gonna be a long time
Before you ride that bull again

If love was a train
But love ain't no train...

[hellbound-liberal]

26. Here's a song about trains from the Eagles, my favorite Eagles song!

Midnight Flyer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0IU66S46mE

[hippywife]

27. I can't find it on youtube but

I love John Cowan's version of Merle Travis' "Dark as a Dungeon."

[Jade Fox]

28. "Work To Do"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7zOLe-aliA

[steelemagnolia]

30. NIne to Five - Dolly Parton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpKAA2VxWY8

[steelemagnolia]

31. Did I miss anyone posting Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1xSt7iganA

[opiate69]

32. Over 30 posts before Blackfoot gets mentioned??

Train, Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMclpOK7a2w
Well, train, train, take me on out of this town
Train, train, Lord, take me on out of this town
Well, that woman I'm in love with, Lord, she's Memphis bound

Well, leavin' here, I'm just a raggedy hobo
Lord, I'm leaving here, I'm just a raggedy hobo
Well, that woman I'm in love with, Lord, she's got to go

Well, goodbye pretty mama, get yourself a money man
Goodbye, pretty mama, Lord, get yourself a money man
You take that midnight train to Memphis
Lord, leave me if you can
Oh, take that midnight train to Memphis
Lord, leave me if you can
Oh, take that train, baby

[Bennyboy]

33. I Shall Be Released..The Band and others....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLjNjSpZxzg

[Bennyboy]

34. Desolation Row.....

They're selling Postcards of the hangin' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeqZl6OgOUA

[Bennyboy]

35. Deadheads for Obama....Deal

Don't you let that deal go down http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDClaUkSo9o

Gotta watch each card you play and play it slow.....

[MassLiberal]

36. here's one from my childhood

"The Erie Canal"

Here's Springsteen playing it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23GDoyaxIig


I've got a mule, her name is Sal,
15 miles on the Erie Canal
She's a good old worker and a good old pal,
15 miles on the Erie Canal

We've hauled some barges in our day
filled with lumber, coal and hay
And we know every inch of the way from
Albany to Buffalo.

Chorus:
Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge for we're coming to a town
And you'll always know your neighbor, you'll always know your pal
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal.

We better get along on our way ol'gal,
15 miles on the Erie Canal

'Cause you bet your life I'd never part with Sal,
15 miles on the Erie Canal.
Git up there mule, here comes a lock,
We'll make Rome about 6 o'clock
One more trip and back we'll go, right back home to Buffalo.

[Bennyboy]

38. Sweet.....

I forget that Bruce did that one......Love the Seegar Sessions Band...

[MassLiberal]

40. I didn't know he had

until I found it on YouTube. Will have to investigate the Segar Sessions. You learn something new every day. :)

[derby378]

37. SOUTHERN PACIFIC by Neil Young

:bounce:

[CBHagman]

39. It's more an activist's song.

"Your Daughters and Your Sons" deserves to be known by more people. My favorite version is by Nan Hoffman. She's a singer DUers ought to know.

http://www.nanhoffman.com/cd_rise.htm

The only video I can locate online is with Tommy Sands, with appropriate introduction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SOUDzCX36c

Lyrics, for anyone who can't get the video or the downloads or the albums:

http://www.theballadeers.com/Lyrics_Y_Z.htm

YOUR DAUGHTERS AND YOUR SONS (Tommy Sands)

They didn't hear your music and they tore your paintings down
They wouldn't read your writing and they banned you from the town
But they couldn't stop you dreaming, and a victory you've won
For you sowed the seeds of freedom in your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
You sowed the seeds of freedom in your daughters and your sons

Your weary smile, it proudly hides the chain-marks on your hands
For you've bravely strived to realise the rights of everyone
But though your body's bent and low, a victory you've won
For you sowed the seeds of justice in your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
You sowed the seeds of justice in your daughters and your sons

I don't know your religion but one day I heard you pray
For a world where everyone can work and children they can play
And though you never got your share and the fruits that you have won
You sowed the seeds of equality in your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
You sowed the seeds of equality in your daughters and your sons

They taunted you in Belfast and they tortured you in Spain
And in that Warsaw ghetto where they tied you up in chains
In Vietnam and Chile, when they came with tanks and guns
It's there you sowed the seeds of peace in your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
It's there you sowed the seeds of peace in your daughters and your sons

And now your music's playing, and the writing's on the wall
And all the dreams you painted can be seen by one and all
And now you've got them thinking, and the future's just begun
For you sowed the seeds of freedom in your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
In your daughters and your sons
You sowed the seeds of freedom in your daughters and your sons