The Del McCoury Band

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🗓️ 1 August 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Del McCoury has been performing, and updating, his take on bluegrass for some 60 years. At the Tiny Desk, he brought three traveling songs and some good yarns to share from his ample time on the road.

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0:00.0	One, two, three, and. I just heard that city of New Orleans.
0:25.0	Oh rumbling past this old shack of mine.
0:30.0	Yeah, the windows carry on and the timbers creak and groan.
0:36.0	That old girl is well on down the line.
0:39.0	Some people say, don't get cold in Memphis, but I've seen that old river freeze up tight.
0:50.0	Yeah, she used to melt me down till she caught that southern bound.
0:55.0	Across that fridge and left me cold eyes.
0:58.0	That old train, all the way, all the times, but the pain is here to stay.
1:07.0	That old train.
1:10.0	All the way of the main times.
1:12.0	I'm living today.
1:16.6	Well if I could I'd buy myself a ticket.
1:20.7	Check out every hustle stop that came along.
1:25.0	Cover every mile of track and I'd bring my baby back.
1:29.0	But a happy ending to this song. Oh, Oh, That old train, train.
2:25.0	train, all the good times but the pain.
2:30.0	He's here to stay.
2:32.0	That old train.
2:34.0	All the way of the bad time.
2:37.0	I'm living today.
2:40.0	Well, if I could, I'd buy myself a ticket
2:45.0	Check out every whistle stop that came along
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