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Railroad Boy 1

Traditional


May 1961
THE MINNESOTA TAPES (T-318)
THE MINNEAPOLIS PARTY TAPE

Minnesota Party tape 1961, Minneapolis MN - May 1961  

She went upstairs to make her bed
Not one word to her mother said
Her mother seeing her daughter's fears
Went upstairs to comfort her.

"Oh, daughter, oh daughter, what can it mean?
Tell me, what can the matter be?"
"Oh, mother, oh mother, I cannot tell
That railroad boy that I loved so well

Way down in yonder town
That's where he goes and sets him down
He takes another on his knee
And tells to her what he won't tell me."

Her father he came home from work
Saying "Why's my daughter hurt?"
He went upstairs to give her hope
Found her hangin' from a rope.

He took his knife and cut her down
And in her bosom this note was found
"Go dig my grave, both wide and deep
Put a marble stone at my head and feet

And on my breast put a turtle dove
To warn this world that I died for love." 
    

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Railroad Boy 2


23 May 1976
VIDEO ... CHILE (vinyl bootleg)

Rolling Thunder Revue 2, Fort Collins CO - 23.may.1976  

She went upstairs to make her bed
And not one word to her mother said
Her mother she went upstairs too
Saying "Daughter, oh daughter, what's troubling you?"

"Oh mother, oh mother I cannot tell
It's that railroad boy that i love well
He's courted me my life away
And now at home I long to stay.

There is a place in yonder town
Where my love goes and he sits him down
And he takes a strange girl on his knee
And he tells to her what he won't tell me."

Her father he came home from work
Saying, "Where's my daughter, she seems so hurt"
He went upstairs to give her hope
And he found her hanging by a rope.

He took his knife and he cut her down
And on her bosom these words he found
"Go dig my grave both wide and deep
Put a marble stone at my head and feet

And on my grave put a snow white dove
To warn the world i died of love." 
    

Recording dates & record list

May 1961 1THE MINNESOTA TAPES (bootleg)
THE MINNEAPOLIS PARTY TAPE
23 May 1976VIDEO ... CHILE (vinyl bootleg)