Martha Scanlan Sweet Goes The Whistle

Sweet Goes The Whistle

Martha Scanlan

Martha Scanlan (acoustic guitar, vocals)
Travis Stuart (bass)
Trevor Stuart (fiddle)
Glenn Fields (drums)
Dirk Powell (fiddle, banjo, piano, vocals)

Produced and mixed by Dirk Powell
St. Martinville, Louisiana 2007


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Sweet Goes The Whistle

Sweet goes the whistle,
sweet goes the steam
sweet go the angels and the devils I've seen
sweet go the box cars, all in a line
carry me home cross the plains one more time

Sweet goes the whistle
sweet goes the steam
sweet go the burdens
on the backs of my dreams

Take em on a freight line,
oh take em for free
take em on the back of the Corduroy Queen

Held on through the summer,
into the fall
covered the windows, shadows and all
stepped on the platform, boarded the train
knowing I'd never
pass this way again

Sweet goes the whistle
sweet goes the steam
sweet go the burdens
on the backs of my dreams

take em on a freight line,
oh take em for free
take em on the back of the Corduroy Queen

City lights fade
into dark prairie nights
darkness enfolds us,
stars burning bright

Will he remember
how close we came
will he come find me
and whisper my name

Sweet goes the whistle
sweet goes the steam
sweet go the burdens
on the backs of my dreams

Take em on a freight line,
oh take em for free
take em on the back of
the Corduroy Queen