Lyrics
(Melody by Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, 1863, Lyrics anonymous)
The wind it blew up the railroad track,
It blew, it blew,
The wind it blew up the railroad track,
It blew, it blew,
The wind it blew up the railroad track,
It blew way up and halfway back
And the wind it blew,
Holy Jiminy, how it blew!
See also
- Subject: wind / railroad
- Meter: 6/8
- Scale: natural minor
- Source: The American Songbag, Carl Sandburg, Harcout Brace and Company, 1927
- same melody: When Johnny Comes Marching Home
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
