Arlo Guthrie /City of New Orleans
Tour of 1978 in Atlanta, GA.with Shenandoah.
Duration : 0:4:15
Categories: New Orleans Tags: arlo, family, folk, guthrie, shenandoah, woody
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I love the …
I love the evolution of this song: From Steve Goodman’s original song, to Arlo’s definitive recording on Hobo’s Lullabye, to current day, when Arlo will play it on the guitar, and say “this ought to be fun.”
I agree Jeff my …
I agree Jeff my father is Scottish & I have high cheek bones to maybe it’s more highlander/Scots/Vikings
Thought about this …
Thought about this song last night. Ran? out of time to search it. SO Glad that I got to this page tonight see the posting of the lyrics. SWEET!!!!
San Diego Indie band “Pullman Standard” name is from affinity for trains. Great music too!!!!!!!!!!
City Of New Orleans …
City Of New Orleans
Ridin’ on the City of New Orleans
Illinois Central, Monday mornin’ rail
15 cars & 15 restless riders
Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail
All along the southbound odyssey the train pulls out of Kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms & fields
Passin trains that have no names
Freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of rusted automobiles
Good mornin’ …
Good mornin’ America, how are you?
Don’t you know me? I’m your native son!
I’m the train they call the City of New Orleans
I’ll be gone 500 miles when the day is done
Dealin’ cards with the old men in the club car
Penny a point, ain’t no one keepin’ score
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
And feel the wheels rumblin’ neath the floor
And the sons of Pullman porters & the sons of engineers
Ride their fathers’ magic carpets made of steel
For …
For stephensonselina48 to declare Arlo as an American Indian, just because he has high cheekbones, is not only wrong but reckless. Many types of humans can have high cheekbones. It’s been established that Arlo Guthrie had a Jewish mother (Marjorie Guthrie, née Greenblatt), and his father Woody Guthrie was Celtic.
But all the towns …
But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream
And the steel rail still ain’t heard the news
The conductor sings his songs again
“The passengers will please refrain:
This train got the disappea rin’ railroad blues
Good night America, how are you?
Say don’t you know me? I’m your native son!
I’m the train they call the City of New Orleans.
I’ll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
Mothers with their …
Mothers with their babes asleep, rockin’ to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel
Good mornin’ America, how are you?
Say don’t you know me? I’m your native son!
I’m the train they call the City of New Orleans.
I’ll be gone 500 miles when the day is done.
Night time on the City of New Orleans
Changin’ cars in Memphis, Tennessee
Halfway home, we’ll be there by mornin’
Thru the Mississippi darkness rollin’ down to the sea
Hey Arlo, call me …
Hey Arlo, call me about this great idea I have about the Paraolympics – the 3-man three-legged race.
@glnelson1956 …
@glnelson1956 reread it was sarcasm – i am very aware. ill back up the bus
this is my …
this is my favourite version of the song.
Dylan was born on …
Dylan was born on 24.05.41, Arlo was born on 10.07.47. Dylan was undoubtedly influenced by Woodie Guthrie. Dylan would have been 7 years old when Arlo was born so what you are trying to assert defies logic. It was the times man, all folk singers sounded alike. I don’t see any reference in history about Dylan’s father so I rest my case.
Hey Arlo call me …
Hey Arlo call me about a duet…and a movie.
ronnie ray jenkins
Arlo may have been …
Arlo may have been born in Brooklyn, but notice his high cheek bone structure, he is native american.
I LOVE this song by …
I LOVE this song by Arlo Guthrie!!!I It gives me great memories!! Thank you very much for sharing!!
great song, it’s …
great song, it’s obvious Arlo stole his fathers lyrics cos his voice plagerises Dylan. He proberly never got out of his cot.
Well, technically, …
Well, technically, he DOES have a family, you know. ; )
i dont get whats …
i dont get whats the big deal about letting younger people having guns its better to be out shooting than inside on the tv.
you sound like some big city bitch
this is great111
this is great111
They dont make them …
They dont make them like Arlo anymore
FINALLY someone …
FINALLY someone mentions Steve Goodman…..
I can sound like a Southern Arlo or Dylan… to the point were people are taken aback…..
I just have a of a time remembering all the verses…..
I can’t CHORD anything, either so I play a lap dulcimer….
J.C.
I just hadn’t seen …
I just hadn’t seen Steve mentioned in all this back biting….
Tail biting…. whatever….
J.C.
This was one of the …
This was one of the songs I sung at summer camp. Very nostalgic find that is close to my heart
Sorry, not …
Sorry, not understanding you non-sequitur sir. And if that was an attempt to insult me, it failed.
Ever hear of Steve …
Ever hear of Steve Goodman??
DOH!!
“The Marching Morons”
Cyril Kornbluth