Oh, the Rock Island line is a mighty good road, Oh, the Rock Island line it’s a road to ride. This once popular song was not popular among long-suffering customers of the Chicago, Rock Island ...
Well he said you're all right boy you don't have to pay no toll You can just go right on through so he went on through the toolgate And as he went through he started pickin' up a little bit of speed ...
In 1934 John Lomax recorded inmates in an Arkansas State Prison singing the folk song, ‘The Rock Island Line’. It was later popularized by Lead Belly and in the 1950s, in Britain, it became a ...
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The Rock Island line was a mighty fine line.' Here was a railroad of song and legend. What was the Rock Island Railroad really like? You can see for yourself.
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