Reuben's Train(Key D) - American Bluegrass & Oldtime Music

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Reuben's Train – Traditional Bluegrass & Old-time acoustic music played using Guitar, Banjo, Fiddle, Bass, Mandolin, Dulcimer, Dobro etc.

LYRICS
Reuben's Train
The song is thought to have its origins with
Reuben Wells is a locomotive designed in the 1860's by Reuben Wells
to run on one specific section of track in Indiana.
It was a helper engine designed to push trains up the 6% grade.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Wells_(locomotive)

Typical lyrics:

Ol Reuben made a train & he put it on a track
He ran it to the Lord knows where
Oh me, oh my ran it to the Lord knows where

Should been in town when Reuben's train went down
You could hear that whistle blow 100 miles
Oh me, oh my you could hear the whistle blow 100 miles

Last night I lay in jail had no money to go my bail
Lord how it sleeted & it snowed
Oh me, oh my Lord how it sleeted & it snowed

I've been to the East, I've been to the West
I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow
Oh me, oh my I'm going where the chilly winds don't blow

Oh the train that I ride is 100 coaches long
You can hear the whistle blow 100 miles
Oh me,…
I got myself a blade, laid Reuben in the shade,
I'm startin' me a graveyard of my own.
Oh, me, oh lordy my, startin' me a graveyard of my own.

Ol Reuben made a train & he put it on a track
He ran it to the Lord knows where
Oh me, oh my ran it to the Lord knows where

ABOUT THESE RECORDINGS: In an earlier life, when I was involved in playing folk and bluegrass music; with the help of Rick Townend and a few other musicians I recorded a set of 7 CDs with more than 70 tracks of acoustic recordings of well know bluegrass, old-time and folk tunes, these were intended as helpers for musicians to learn these tunes. They are played in easy keys, and at slowish / moderate speed so that new players can keep up. They have also been found useful as music for country dance such as Appalachian clogging where slowish versions are needed. All music copyright© Rod Smith all right reserved.

When originally released, these were known as the “Just The Tune Series” and also included tablature for the tunes for guitar banjo, mandolin etc. I am also looking for some way to make these tabs available for download in PDF format.

JUST THE TUNE Volume 1 tracks:
1) Angeline The Baker Key D, 2) Arkansas Traveler Key D , 3) Buffalo Gals Key G Key, 4) Cluck Old Hen Key A,
5) Cripple Creek Key G, 6) The Girl I Left Behind Me Key G, 7) Golden Slippers Key G, 8) Ragtime Annie Key D,
9) Reuben’s Train Key D, 10) Shortening Bread Key A, 11) Down in the Willow Garden Key G.

JUST THE TUNE Volume 2 tracks: (coming soon)

1) Eighth Of January Key D, 2) Flop Eared Mule Key D, 3) Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss Key D, 4) June Apple Key A, 5) Liberty Key D, 6)Liza Jane Key G, 7)Mississippi Sawyer Key D, 8) Old Joe Clark Key A, 9) Over The Waterfall Key D, 10) Whiskey Before Breakfast Key D, 11) In the Pines Key D

TABLATURE: Sets of Tabs are available (Banjo-5 sting & Tenor), Guitar-various tunings, Dobro, Dulcimer. For a suggested donation of £2,(2GBP) I will email you the tabs for all eleven tunes and instruments on the requested volume(1 to 7.) these are emailed in the form of PDF files you can print out. You can donate here:

https://www.paypal.me/RodneyHSmith

My email is in the “about” description of this channel.
Thanks Rod