FREIGHT TRAIN
1957年二月在英國樂壇熱潮下, Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group & Nancy Whiskey 應邀到美國, 在最受歡迎的電视節目 "The Ed Sullivan Show" 亮相之後, 引來美國流行樂壇業界的關注; 不出兩個月, 此曲由美國歌手 Rusty Draper 翻唱的版本在當地迅速面世。
THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW - Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group with Nancy Whiskey
RUSTY DRAPER (1923-2003)
英國版本歌詞列為成人歌曲 (Adult Contemporary) 。美國歌手, 1957年四月在美國錄製的版本, 改以歌者第一身的剖白, 失去摯愛女友而悲傷, 仍積極面對; 一首更為動人的歌曲, 大受各電台的唱片騎師推介播放。一個月後, 即登上美國 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 榜上第六位。繼而有其他翻唱版本在歐美樂壇出現, 歌詞修改之外, 多數以英國 Skiffle 節奏演譯。
FREIGHT TRAIN - Skiffle Version
Lyric : Bill Varley, Chas McDevitt
1957 - The McDevitt Skiffle Group with nancy Whiskey
Rusty Draper
Liz Winters with Bob Cort and His Skiffle
Margie Rayburn with Jack Collier and His Orchestra
1963 - The Canadian Sweethearts
FREIGHT TRAIN - Rusty Draper - Skiffle version 1957 April
CHORUS
Freight train, freight train, going so fast
Freight train, freight train, going so fast
I don't care what train I'm on
As long as it keeps rolling on
Don't know where I'm headed for
Makes no difference anymore
Got no future, got no hope
Can do nothing now but roam
CHORUS
When my baby left my side
Something deep inside me died
Got to keep a-moving on
Til the memory of her is gone
CHORUS
When I die, just bury me please
Way down the end of old Chestnut Street
Poplars at my head and feet
And tell her that I've gone to sleep
Freight train, freight train, going so fast
Freight train, freight train, going so fast
I don't care what train I'm on
As long as it keeps rolling on
FREIGHT TRAIN - The Canadian Sweethearts 1963
FREIGHT TRAIN - Margie Rayburn with Jack Collier and His Orchestra 1957
原是一首來自美國本土的民歌 ....