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The City of New Orleans Lyrics: Riding on the City of New Orleans, / Illinois Central, Monday morning rail / Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders / Three conductors and...
The City of New Orleans (with lyrics) performed by Arlo Guthrie.
City of New Orleans Lyrics: Ridin' on the City of New Orleans / Illinois Central, Monday mornin' rail / There's 15 cars, and 15 restless riders / 3 conductors and 25 sacks of mail /...
"City of New Orleans" is a country folk song written by Steve Goodman (and first recorded for Goodman's self-titled 1971 album), describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans on the Illinois Central Railroad's City of New Orleans in bittersweet and nostalgic terms.
(By the name Steve Goodman) Ridin' on the City of New Orleans. Illinois Central, Monday morning rail. Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders. Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail. All along the southbound odyssey. The train pulls out at Kankakee. And rolls along past houses, farms and fields. Passin' trains that have no name.
"City of New Orleans" is a folk song written by Steve Goodman, detailing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans on the Illinois Central Railroad's City of New Orleans line.
I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans. I'll be gone 500 miles when the day is done. Nighttime on the City of New Orleans. Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee. Halfway home, we'll be there by morning. Through the Mississippi darkness, rolling down to the sea.
