Operator Blues

DESCRIPTION: Singer asks the operator "how long the train been gone," "It's been so long I can't hear the engine moan." See the notes for floating verses.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1930 (StuffDreams1)
KEYWORDS: grief love parting train suicide floatingverses nonballad lover
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RECORDINGS:
Andrew and Jim Baxter, "Operator Blues" (on StuffDreams1)
NOTES [52 words]: Three line blues: the first line is repeated -- more or less -- and the last line completes the thought.
On the Baxters' track, floating verses include "If I had wings like Norah's dove I would fly away to the one I love" and "Gonna lay my head on some railroad line, Let some freight train satisfy my mind" - BS
Last updated in version 5.2
File: RcOperBl

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