Iron Horse (II -- Utah version)

DESCRIPTION: "Th' iron horse draweth nigh, With his smoke nostril high, Eating fire as if grazing." It takes much work to build its trail. In Salt Lake City they rejoice as it approaches. "May the iron horse and Mormons Always right every wrong."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1868 (Bee-Hive Songster, according to Cohen)
KEYWORDS: technology railroading
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Hubbard-BalladsAndSongsFromUtah, #245, "The Iron Horse" (2 texts, 1 tune)
Cheney-MormonSongs, pp. 92-94, "The Utah Iron Horse" (1 text, 1 tune); pp. 97-98, "The Iron Horse" (1 text)
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 72-73, "The Iron Horse" (1 text, 1 tune)
Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest, p. 272, "The Iron Horse" (1 text)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp. 599-600, "The (Utah) Iron Horse" (1 text)
Fife/Fife-SaintsOfSageAndSaddle, p. 319, "Utah Iron Horse" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #8597
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Caerfilly March" (tune, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
NOTES [76 words]: Cheney admits uncertainty about whether his two texts are the same. My temptation would be to consider them different. But Roud lumps them, and they're certainly about the same event, so it does no great harm to list them together.
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest claims the tune is "Caerfilly March." I would presume this should be the "Caerphilly March," which is seemingly (based on internet searches) also known as "Ymdaith Caerfilli." - RBW
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