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WAITING FOR A TRAIN

The Original Jimmie Rodgers Stage Musical

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The Songs

This stage musical features a total of 23 different songs, presented here in order of appearance, all but two of which were recorded by Jimmie Rodgers.

Each songs is intended to be adapted and presented in a manner each theater troupe feel most comfortable.

Previously recorded samples of these songs (for reference only) are as follows:

Keep On The Sunny Side (by The Whites)
Somewhere Down Below The Dixon Line (by Mary Chapin Carpenter)
Peach Picking Time In Georgia (by Merle Haggard)
You and My Old Guitar (by Slim Dusty)
My Carolina Sunshine Girl (by Taylor Brashears)
The Soldier’s Sweetheart (by Vince Gill)
Blue Yodel No. 1 (by Wylie & The Wild West)
Waiting For A Train (by Dickey Betts)
Any Old Time (by The Western Swing Authority)
In The Jailhouse Now (by Delbert McClinton)
Everybody Does It In Hawaii (by Johnny Pineapple)
My Blue-Eyed Jane (by Steve Goodbar)
Blue Yodel No. 9 (by Steve Jimmie Dale Gilmore)
T.B. Blues (by Pete Seeger)
Daddy And Home (by Tanya Tucker)
When The Cactus Is In Bloom (by Arlo Guthrie)
Mississippi Moon (by Beverly Smith)
My Old Pal (by Daniel O’Donnell)
Roll Along, Kentucky Moon (by Charlie Dore)
Miss The Mississippi And You (by Roseanne Cash)
Years Ago (by Jimmie Rodgers)
Down The Old Road To Home (by Jimmy Heffernen)
The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home (by Stoney Lonesome)

About WFAT

This musical is the result of years of reasearch into the life and times of Jimmie Rodgers, the man known worldwide as the Father of Country Music, and as underscored by the Country Music Hall of Fame, Jimmie clearly was, ... "the one who started it all.

The story and songs cover the last thirteen years of Jimmie's life from when he first became engaged to Carrie Williamson, to those sorrowful last days of his life in New York City, ending up with one last train ride back home to Meridian, Mississippi.

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