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A Preliminary Comparison of American and Canadian Railway Song Traditions

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A Preliminary Comparison of American and Canadian Railway Song Traditions

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    1. A Preliminary Comparison of American and Canadian Railway Song Traditions Tim B. Rogers University of Calgary November, 2008

    2. A train is a train is a train..or is it? United States uses the term: railroad

    3. A train is a train is a train..or is it? United States uses the term: railroad Canada, adopting British practice, uses the term: railway

    4. That the U.S. are bound finally to absorb all the world and the rest of mankind, every well-regulated American mind is prepared to admit. When the fever is on our people do not seem to know when and where to stop, but to keep on swallowing, so long as there is anything in reach. (Daily Alta California, Feb 3, 1869)

    5. Categories of Canadian railway songs Most frequent: About specific trains The Newfoundland Express Kettle Valley Line

    6. Categories of Canadian railway songs Most frequent: About specific trains About specific events The Coquihalla Slide Train Wreck at Almonte

    7. Categories of Canadian railway songs Most frequent: About specific trains About specific events Nostalgia Our Islands Lament Painting Over the NAR

    8. Categories of Canadian railway songs Most frequent: About specific trains About specific events Nostalgia About specific places Myras Majesty Sixteen Miles to Seven Lakes

    9. Categories of Canadian railway songs Most frequent: About specific trains About specific events Nostalgia About specific places Building the railway CPR Line Demon Fire-Carriage Road

    10. Categories of Canadian railway songs Most frequent: About specific trains About specific events Nostalgia About specific places Building the railway Hobos Hobos Song to the Mounties Canadian Hobos Lullaby

    11. Categories of Canadian railway songs Most frequent: About specific trains About specific events Nostalgia About specific places Building the railway Hobos Railway men Section Men The Firemans Lament

    12. Categories of Canadian railway songs Most frequent: About specific trains About specific events Nostalgia About specific places Building the railway Hobos Railway men About specific individuals

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    14. Why parody is devalued Search for pure, uncontaminated materials

    15. Why parody is devalued: Search for pure, uncontaminated materials The devolutionary view of folklore (Dundes)

    16. Why parody is devalued: Search for pure, uncontaminated materials The devolutionary view of folklore (Dundes) Parody = plagiarism

    17. The Wabash Cannonball The Great Rock Island Route, 1882

    18. The Wabash Cannonball The Great Rock Island Route, 1882 The Wabash Cannonball, 1904

    19. The Wabash Cannonball The Great Rock Island Route, 1882 The Wabash Cannonball, 1904 The Wabash Cannonball (hobo version),~1920

    20. The Wabash Cannonball The Great Rock Island Route, 1882 The Wabash Cannonball, 1904 The Wabash Cannonball (hobo version),~1920 First recording, 1929 (Carter Family, among others)

    21. The Wabash Cannonball The Great Rock Island Route, 1882 The Wabash Cannonball, 1904 The Wabash Cannonball (hobo version),~1920 First recording, 1929 (Carter Family among others) Roy Acuffs highly-successful recording, 1936

    22. The Wabash Cannonball The Great Rock Island Route, 1882 The Wabash Cannonball, 1904 The Wabash Cannonball (hobo version),~1920 First recording, 1929 (Carter Family among others) Roy Acuffs highly-successful recording, 1936 Acuffs 2nd recording (no chorus), 1947

    23. The Wabash Cannonball The Great Rock Island Route, 1882 The Wabash Cannonball, 1904 The Wabash Cannonball (hobo version),~1920 First recording, 1929 (Carter Family among others) Acuffs highly-successful recording, 1936 Acuffs 2nd recording (no chorus), 1947 Guthries parody The Farmer-Labor Train, 1947

    24. The Wabash Cannonball in Canada The Boat from Kingwell

    25. The Wabash Cannonball in Canada The Boat from Kingwell The Tramway Cannonball

    26. The Wabash Cannonball in Canada The Boat from Kingwell The Tramway Cannonball The Newfoundland Express

    27. The Wabash Cannonball in Canada The Boat from Kingwell The Tramway Cannonball The Newfoundland Express Answer to the Newfoundland Express

    28. The Wabash Cannonball in Canada The Boat from Kingwell The Tramway Cannonball The Newfoundland Express Answer to the Newfoundland Express The PEI Express

    29. The Wabash Cannonball in Canada The Boat from Kingwell The Tramway Cannonball The Newfoundland Express Answer to the Newfoundland Express The PEI Express The Kootenay Cannonball

    30. Questions? Comments? Please forward any further suggestions, comments, critiques etc. to tbrogers@ucalgary.ca. Thanks. Information about the album Songs of the Iron Trail can be found at www.irontrail.ca. The growing list of Canadian railway songs can be found at www.railwaysongs.ca.

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