Bluegrass for breakfast!! Wrote this in the shower this morning. Had fun with the banjolele too! Copyright Elisabeth Garber-Miller 2022
I'm ridin' on that southbound train
I'm ridin' on that southbound train
I know for certain that I won't be back again
I'm ridin' on that southbound train
My darlin' will be waitin' for me there
My darlin' will be waitin' for me there
She'll be waitin' for me there with flowers in her hair
My darlin' will be waitin' for me there
Gonna get to see my Momma and my Dad
Gonna get to see my Momma and my Dad
Gonna give 'em a hug and they'll both be glad
Gonna get to see my Momma and my Dad
I'm gonna feel that sunshine on my face
Yes, I'm gonna feel that sunshine on my face
Never goin' back to prison, it's a god-awful place
I'm gonna feel that sunshine on my face
I'm ridin' on that southbound train
Yes, I'm ridin' on that southbound train
I know damn certain that I won't go back again
I'm ridin' on that southbound
Ridin' on that southbound
Ridin' on that southbound train
@nancycunning Mar 2022
It's fun to relax into that juicy repetition and that train feel. You tell a great song with 8 lines of lyric. Great work.
@gm7 Mar 2022
Wonderful mix..i love that stand up bass(?). The rhythm is like the clickety clack of the train going over the rails. Well done.
@scubed Feb 2022
Awesome, authentic bluegrass feel - I started singing harmony as I was listening. Love the banjolele!
@jtsteam Feb 2022
I like a train song, and you really have that train feel with the rhythm here. It sounds great on the banjolele. It's the sort of song that, by the end, you feel like you've known it forever. Great stuff!
@hmstreetteam Feb 2022
Few songs are so cheerful! It almost makes me want to travel somewhere. In terms of style, this could easily be a folk song from a century ago. Nicely done!
@eas3637 Feb 2022
Such a great mix, Liz!! This song has a great classic feel to it. I've been nervous about trying something like this because I think it can be easy to swerve into corny mode but you've nailed it.
@jcameron Feb 2022
Ah, the shower, that seat of creativity. I wonder how the human race ever created art before the shower was invented. Probably went and stood out in the rain or something.
Lovely vocals and accompaniment, great authentic feel, not that I know a lot about the genre. (then again, if an old metal-head like me can enjoy it, you've surely got something there.) And I love the way you hit us out of nowhere with that "prison" line.
@erbaer Feb 2022
This one feels like a classic. Great playing and singing.
@kenmattsson Feb 2022
Nice instrumentals on this one. You're diversifying here! Nice.
This is a very traditional format, and it works great here.
@leslie333 Feb 2022
Banjolele sounds great on this one and it's such a great timeless sort of song - fun to sing kind of thing.
@bradbrubaker Feb 2022
A comforting tune. I like how the darker bits are hidden until the end.