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RAILROAD RUNS THROUGH GEORGIA. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was in the repertoire of Oklahoma's Collins family, whose latter 20th century representative, fiddler Earl Collins, recorded several albums. Older members of the family contributed to Marion Thede's book. .

Railroad runs through Georgia
Railroad and a canal
If it hadn't been for Liza Jane
There never would've been no hell.

(To the second part of the melody)
There never would've been no hell, boys,
There never would've been no hell;
There never would've been no hell, boys,
There never would've been no hell.

Wrap up your troubles in your mind, boys,
Wrap up your troubles in your mind;
Wrap up your troubles in your mind, boys,
Wrap up your troubles in your mind. ... ..(Thede)

Source for notated version: Walter Baker (McCurtain County, Oklahoma) [Thede]

Printed sources: Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pp. 42-43.

Recorded sources: Yodel-Ay-Hee 008, One Eyed Dog - "Traditional Mountain Tunes" (1993).

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