Talk:Freight Train (folk song)

Subject matter of lyrics

The Nancy Whiskey version of the lyrics tell a very dark tale of a man being taken for execution. The original lyrics are about death, but not quite to that extent. Some versions omit the death element of the lyrics, while others such as Chet Atkins' version play it safe and stay instrumental. I think this article needs a discussion of the different versions of the lyrics. 70.72.223.215 (talk) 04:34, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Country blues song

Its a country blues song, not a generic folk song. Her style is the same style as Mississippi John Hurt... They both belonged to the country blues sceane, and, besides that, there's no reference to blues in the article. Is that a new form of whitewashing? --187.48.170.151 (talk) 03:01, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

If you want to put "country blues" in the genre slot of the infobox then it would be best to cite a publication (a reliable source) calling it that. This article says nothing about the blues, but it does say that the song's single-string picking style was "an adaptation of Southeastern country ragtime picking." That doesn't meant the song itself is country or ragtime, let alone country blues. This article calls the song "skiffle" with regard to its popularity in the UK. Binksternet (talk) 03:10, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Aliases

I am not sure how best to incorporate this into the article, but Paul James and Fred Williams are pseudonyms of Chas McDevitt and Bill Varley respectively. It is odd to see these four names in the lede with no mention of the connection. Labalius (talk) 18:53, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

Alternate Songs

Not the same as the Duane Edddy song as written by "Mezzetti, Stookey, Okun, Travers". 75.155.26.108 (talk) 03:26, 24 May 2020 (UTC)