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1. Hank Snow, the Singing Ranger, was influenced greatly by Jimmie Rodgers. Snow wrote and sang a lot of train songs. Snow rides a train to leave his "triflin' woman" and travel back to the southland. He says he has a "pretty mama" waiting in Tennessee. What is the name of this classic train song?
2. In one of his train songs, Hank Snow calls the big eight-wheeler by a special name. He asks the fireman to shovel on the coal and the engineer to take the throttle in hand, because "this name" is the fastest in the southern land. What is the name?
3. Hank Snow says in this train song that he has ridden this train before, from "old Montana down to Alabama". He adds that he won't travel the road again, because he bought a one-way ticket.
What train is he riding (also the song's title)?
4. In a Hank Snow song, the conductor seems to know that Hank is riding the train because he is feeling low and his gal had done him wrong. What does the conductor yell aloud?
5. In one of his songs, Hank Snow is thinking about a trip, where he won't "need no grip" way out in the prairie air. The clickety-clack of the railroad tracks are calling on the Santa Fe.
What is Hank Snow wanting to take? It's also the name of the song.
6. Who was the "Lovesick Blues" boy who rode the "Dixie Cannonball"?
7. Hank Williams wants to tell you about a train all the southern folks have seen. She's the beauty of the southland and if you ever want to see the scenes, just get yourself a ticket on this train.
What is the name of this train? It's also the name of the song.
8. The train Hank Williams is riding leaves Cincinnati "headin' down that Dixie line". It passes through Louisville, Nashville and Montgomery before it reaches its final destination.
Where is this train heading?
9. One more train Hank Williams rode in a song circled through the canyon's and the desert's burning doors. Hank says she's the Union Pacific Queen.
What is the name of the song and the train is Hank riding?
10. Johnny Cash has ridden several trains in song. This train goes down in to New Orleans. Just outside of New Orleans, the train has to go through a toll gate and maybe pay a fare.
What train is Johnny Cash riding?
11. In the song "Rock Island Line", you have to pay a toll if you have a certain type of load. According to the song, what is the load that you have to pay toll on?
12. Johnny Cash states that the engineer on the "Rock Island Line" would like to try two types of drinks before he dies.
The conductor asks him what they are. What are they?
13. Johnny Cash rode this train down to Florida in 1965. This song is more often recognized as a fiddle tune.
What train is Johnny Cash riding?
14. In one of Johnny Cash's songs, the "fastest train" to Florida is "rollin' down" what line?
15. This last train is not completely country, but it is a classic. You start riding this train at the Pennsylvania station about a quarter to four. Then you go through Baltimore and Carolina. It was the number one song in December of 1941.
What train are you riding?
Source: Author
FrankRay
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