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Grandaddy Was A Railroad Engineer
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Written for my grandfather. William Shannon, who was a locomotive engineer in the early 1900's..
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Davy Shannon is a prolific songwriter, originally from Spotsylvania, Virginia, now living in northeastern Maryland.. This site contains a number of original com
.. I was raised in Virginia (Spotsylvania County) and now live in Maryland near the Delaware line. ".. later I played with a Maryland group called "Genesis" (not the English group) and our lead singer and my roomate was Rick Roberts who later went on to find success with .. doing a range of genre.. rock, country, and Celtic/Irish.. I played with a Spanish folk mass group for a while which was an interesting experience.. Muy Interesante :) .. We do a wide range of material from Irish to country, bluegrass, rock, some blues, a spice of variety and we can do kids' shows too..
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Rock • Folk Rock
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Peak #232
Peak in subgenre #25
Author
davy shannon
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davy shannon
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June 06, 2009
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MP3 2.5 MB • 128 kbps • 2:44
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A song I wrote about my grandfather, William H Shannon, who was a railroad engineer in the early 1900's in Southern West Virginia.. I came up with the clever title, "Grandaddy Was A Railroad Engineer".. Performed at Jamland 1/08 * Dorothy Sherman: vocals, flute; Christina Gebert: vocals; Davy Shannon: guitar vocals; Jimi Spicer: bass, banjo; Lori benscoter: vocals..
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GRANDADDY WAS A RAILROAD ENGINEER Grandaddy was a railroad engineer He drove on the New River Line Back in the days when steam engines ruled - He’d get the train to Thurmond on time Clickety clack, clickety clack on down the track Grandaddy let that whistle blow In the tunnels and out again at the place they call Big Bend .. Roll Grandaddy Roll! He’d haul coal from Hinton and Kaymoor down to the Kanawha Valley towns When passengers would be his fare to Gauley Bridge and Westward bound Down the mountain then up a grade - pull that throttle back - Firebox some more coal Smoke rising from the stack in the West Virginia sky - Roll Grandaddy roll! We’ve been told that’s an era bygone with mostly pictures to be found But sometimes at night - they say listen close - you can hear Granddaddy’s whistle outbound Clickety clak, clickety clak on down the track - Grandaddy let that whistle blow In the tunnels and out again at the place they call Big Bend.. Roll Grandaddy roll! Roll Grandaddy roll! Roll Grandaddy roll! ©copyright 2008; words and music by davy shannon
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Roger John
May 22, 2009
I love this song. So simple pure and perfect! Thanks ! Hey I came back to listen to the train sounds! Neat touch!