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Waiting For A Train
Composer: Jimmie Rodgers

Waiting For A Train was performed at least once by Old & In The Way. On circulating tapes and OITW set lists the song is usually referred to as All Around The Watertank. This alternate title is used on a few other recordings but the majority use the Jimmie Rodgers title Waiting For A Train.


Jimmie Rodgers

no info Single (Waiting For A Train / California Blues (Blue Yodel No 4)), Jimmie Rodgers, 1929
no info Single (Waiting For A Train / When The Cactus Are In Bloom), Jimmie Rodgers, 1932?
no info Never No Mo' Blues: Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Album, Jimmie Rodgers, 1955
no info The Best Of The Legendary, Jimmie Rodgers, 1965
no info This Is Jimmie Rodgers, Jimmie Rodgers, 1972
no info This Is, Jimmie Rodgers, 1973
no info All ABout Trains, Jimmie Rodgers/Hank Snow, 1975
no info The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music, Various Artists (Jimmie Rodgers), 1981
no info You and My Old Guitar, Jimmie Rodgers, 1989
no info Early Years 1928-29, Jimmie Rodgers, 1990
info The Singing Brakeman (Box), Jimmie Rodgers, 1992
no info Train Whistle Blues, Jimmie Rodgers, 1992
no info Essential, Jimmie Rodgers, 1997
no info Memorial Album, Jimmie Rodgers, 1997
info The Very Best of Jimmie Rodgers, Jimmie Rodgers, 1998
no info The Ultimate Collection, Jimmie Rodgers, 1999
no info Country Music Hall Of Fame 1961, Jimmie Rodgers, 2000
no info Blue Yodelers: 1928-1936, Various Artists, 2000
no info American Roots: A History of American Folk Music, Various Artists, 2000
no info Standing On The Corner, Jimmie Rodgers, 2001
no info The Roots of Johnny Cash, Various Artists, 2001
info American Roots Music, Various Artists, 2001
info Recordings 1927-1933, Jimmie Rodgers, 2002
no info O Brother: The Story Continues, Various Artists, 2002
no info Blue Yodels, Jimmie Rodgers, 2003
no info The Iron Horse: Vintage Railroad Songs, 1926 - 1952, Various Artists, 2005
info The Appalachians, Various Artists, 2005
info The Singing Brakeman, Jimmie Rodgers, 2006
no info Country Music Legend, Jimmie Rodgers, 2006
no info How Low Can You Go? Anthology of the String Bass (1925-1941), Various Artists, 2006
no info Famous Country Music Makers, Jimmie Rodgers, 2007
no info The Blues Roots of Johnny Cash, Various Artists, 2007
no info The Intro Collection: Country, Various Artists, 2008
no info Rawhide Country Greats, Various Artists, 2008
no info Bob Dylan Radio Radio: Theme Time Radio, Vol. 5, Various Artists, 2011


Other recordings

As Waiting For A Train
no info Single (Slue Foot Sue / Waiting For A Train), Gene Autry, 1929
no info Single (Waiting For A Train / I'm Up In The Air About Mary), Riley Puckett, 1929
no info Single (Waiting For A Train / Open Up Dem Pearly Gates For Me), Frank Luther, 1929
no info Single (Baby On The Doorstep / Waiting For A Train), Carson Robison Trio / Jimmy Price, 1929
no info Single (Stay Away From My Chicken House / Waiting For A Train), Gene Autry, 1930
no info Single (I Wish I Had Died In My Cradle / Waiting For A Train), Jimson Brothers, 1930
no info Single (Waiting For A Train / Lullaby Yodel), Hoke Rice, 1930
no info Single (Waiting For A Train / Oh Dem Golden Slippers), Carson Robison Trio, 1932?
no info Single (Waiting For A Train / I Won't Miss You When You Go Away), Buddy Jones, 1941?
no info Single (That First Love Of Mine / Waiting For A Train), Wilf Carter (aka Montana Slim), 1943
no info Single (Seaman's Blues / Waiting For A Train), Ernest Tubbs, 1947
no info Single (Waiting For A Train / Am I Losing You?), Jim Reeves, 1956?
no info Single (Blue Yodel # 5 / Waiting For A Train), Riley Crabtree, 1958?
no info Montana Slim, Montana Slim, 1959
no info Single (Hard Up Blues / Waiting For A Train), Blakenship Brothers, 1960
info Sings Jimmie Rodgers Favorites, Obray Ramsey, 1961
info Sings Woody Guthrie & Jimmie Rodgers, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, 1962
no info Blood Sweat and Tears, Johnny Cash, 1963
no info Railroad Man, Hank Snow, 1963
no info Gentleman Jim, Jim Reeves, 1963
no info The Country Side Of, Jim Reeves, 1962
no info Yodeling Hits, Grandpa Jones, 1963
no info An Evening With, Grandpa Jones, 1963
no info Behind These Walls, Hank Ferguson, 1963
no info Single (Waiting For A Train / Keep A Movin' Old Man), Walter Brennan, 1963
no info Travelin' with, Dave Dudley, 1964
no info All Time Country Hits, Roy Drusky, 1964
no info Sings The Legendary Jimmie Rodgers Songs, Yodeling Slim Clark, 1965
info Hits From The Country Hall Of Fame, Floyd Cramer, 1965
no info Country Heart Of, Walter Brennan, 1966
no info Straight From The Heart, Freddie Hart, 1966
no info Single (Together Again / Waiting For A Train), Freddie Hart, 1966
no info Old Prairie Melodies, Montana Slim, 1967
no info Salutes the Hall of Fame, Billy Walker, 1968
no info Jimmie Rodgers Blues, Elton Britt, 1968
no info Twenty Grand Country Hits, Roy Drusky, 1969
info She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1969
info Same Train, A Different Time, Merle Haggard, 1969
no info Presenting the Country Blues, Furry Lewis, 1969
info Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs, 1970
no info Blue Grass, The New Deal String Band, 1970
no info Single (Waiting For A Train / Big Legged Woman), Jerry Lee Lewis, 1970
no info The World of, Johnny Cash, 1970
no info Live at the Gaslight at the Au Go Go, Furry Lewis, 1971
no info Cheapo-Cheapo Productions Presents Real Live, John Sebastian, 1971
no info The Wreck Of The Old '97, Hank Snow, 1971
no info Doggin' It, Dick Curless, 1971
no info Snowbird, The Country Ramblers, 1971
no info Me And You And A Dog Named Boo, Stonewall Jackson, 1971
info The Jimmie Rodgers Story, Hank Snow, 1972
no info Liza Jane & Sally Anne, Doug Green, 1972
no info Lonesome WHistle, Hank Snow, 1971
no info Blues Masters Vol. 5, Furry Lewis, 1972
no info Greatest Hits, Montana Slim, 1974
info An Anthology, Vol. 2, Duane Allman, 1974
no info Riding the Rails, Johnny Cash, 1975
no info The Very Best of, Walter Brennan, 1975
no info 200 Years of Country Music, Sonny James, 1976
info Ashes of Love, Dickey Lee, 1976
info More Music From Mud Acres, Woodstock Mountains, 1977
no info Memories And Dreams, Boys from Indiana, 1977
no info Sidewalk Shoes, Ed Snodderly, 1977
no info All in One Evening, Bud Reed, 1978
no info Movin' on, Various Artists (Jerry Lee Lewis), 1978
no info All In One Evening, Ola Belle Reed, 1978
no info Single (Waiting For A Train / I Can't Seem To Say Goodbye), Jerry Lee Lewis, 1979
no info Good Rocking Tonight, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1980
no info The Sun Years, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1982
no info Farm And Home Hour, Merle Travis & Grandpa Jones, 1982
info Way Out on the Mountain: Jimmie Rodgers Songs, Bud Reed, 1982
no info Brightest Smile in Town, Doctor John, 1983
no info Live At The Old Home Place, Ralph Stanley & Friends, 1984
info Alive At Avoca, Bob Everhart with Bluegrass Playground, 1985
no info Heart of Country Music, Ray Price, 1987
no info Bookeroo!, Roy Bookbinder, 1988
no info Mississippi John Hurt, Vol. 3: Sacred and Secular, Mississippi John Hurt, 1988
info Classic: The Definitive Edition of His Sun Recordings 1956-1963, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1989
no info Gentleman Jim 1955-1959, Jim Reeves, 1989
no info Classic Country Music, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Charley Pride), 1990
info Threadgill's Supper Session, Various Artists/Threadgill's Troubadours, 1991
no info Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello, Ernest Tubb, 1991
no info Come Along and Ride This Train, Johnny Cash, 1991
no info American Heritage in Song Various Artists (Great American String Band), 1991
no info Country Music Hall of Fame Series, Grandpa Jones, 1992
no info The Best of, Jim Reeves, 1992
no info Threadgill's Supper Session, Various Artists, 1993
info The Locust Years...And the Return to the Promised Land, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1994
no info Yearlings in the Canebrake, Prince Albert Hunt, 1994
info Sings Woody Guthrie And Jimmie Rodgers And Cowboy Songs, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, 1994
info Rhythm of the Mountains, Various Artists (Grandpa Jones), 1994
info Mountain Music Collection, Vol. 1: Wild and Reckless Men, Various Artists (Grandpa Jones), 1994
no info Singing Ranger, Vol. 3, Hank Snow, 1994
no info Greatest All Time Cowboy Hits, Billy Walker, 1995
no info Ring of Fire/Blood Sweat/Ballads of Indians, Johnny Cash, 1995
no info Singing Ranger, Vol. 4, Hank Snow, 1995
no info Unplugged, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, 1995
no info All American Country, Roy Drusky, 1996
no info Welcome To My World, Jim Reeves, 1996
info Down Every Road, Merle Haggard, 1996
no info Blues Singer 1929-1931: Booger Rooger Saturday, Gene Autry, 1996
no info Everybody's Grandpa, Grandpa Jones, 1996
info The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute, Various Artists (Dickey Betts), 1997
info Mystery Train: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Hank Snow), 1997
info All Aboard, John Denver, 1997
no info Cowboy Songs (Box set), Montana Slim, 1997
no info Great Balls Of Fire, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1997
no info Circus in Flames, Circus in Flames, 1997
no info Total Yodel, Wylie and Wild West, 1998
info Kerrville Folk Festival: Early Years 1972-1981, Various Artists (Kenneth Threadgill), 1998
no info Invitation To Your Party, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1999
no info Country Blues & Ditties, John Jackson, 1999
no info For The Love Of Country, David Frizzell, 1999
no info Taste of Country/Ole Tyme Country Music, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1999
no info The BBC Sessions 1969-75, Michael Chapman, 1999
no info Radio Days, Vol. 1, Jim Reeves, 1999
no info Bluegrass & Rockabilly Kings From Indiana, Blakenship Brothers, 1999
no info Hard Time Traveling Man, Dick Curless, 2000
no info Long Haired Country Boy, David Allan Coe, 2000
no info The Singles, 1953 to 1960, Jim Reeves, 2000
no info 100 Country Greats, Various Artists (Jim Reeves), 2000
info Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings, John Sebastian, 2001
no info Milk Cow Blues, Jack Guthrie, 2001
no info 200 Years of Country Music/In Prison, in Person, Sonny James, 2001
no info Train Whistle Blues, Vol. 5: Classic Railroad Songs, Merle Haggard & the Strangers, 2001
no info Sentimental Journey, Vol. 2: The Train Never Stops, Various Artists (Wilf Carter), 2001
no info Any Old Time, Steve Forbert, 2002
info Blue Country Heart, Jorma Kaukonen, 2002
info Sings Merle Haggard, David Allan Coe, 2002
info Another Place Another Time/She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye, Jerry Lee Lewis, 2002
no info Gentleman Jim, Jim Reeves, 2002
no info The Best Of Banjo Music, Various Artists (Grandpa Jones), 2002
no info The Texas Troubadour, Ernest Tubbs, 2003
no info Time After Time, Ernest Tubbs, 2003
info Unearthed, Johnny Cash, 2003
no info Fast Texas, Steve James, 2003
no info 15 American Railroad Classics, Craig Duncan & the Smoky Mountain Band, 2003
no info I Am Sad and Weary: Jimmy Rodgers Revisited, Various Artists (Jim Reeves), 2003
no info 25 Classic Train Songs, Various Artists (Big John DeMarcus), 2003
no info D.C. Blues: Library of Congress Recordings, Mississippi John Hurt, 2004
info The Nashville Acoustic Sessions, Raul Malo, 2004
info Oh Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?, Various Artists (Grandpa Jones), 2004
info The Legend, Johnny Cash, 2005
no info Up Close and Personal, Katy Moffatt, 2005
no info The Essential: The Legendary Sun Recordings, Jerry Lee Lewis, 2005
no info The Collection, Johnny Cash, 2005
no info The Legend, Johnny Cash, 2005
no info Sounds Like Jimmie Rodgers, Various Artists (Gene Autry), 2005
no info The Best of Banjo Music, Smokey River Boys, 2006
no info That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine (Box set), Gene Autry, 2006
no info Country Music Legends, Gene Autry, 2006
no info Rails, Rogues & Wrecks, Rick Pickren, 2006
no info Slidin' Home, John Starling and Carolina Star, 2007
info Charlie Louvin, Charlie Louvin, 2007
no info Picking With Friends, Nixon, Blevins & Gage, 2007
no info Only the Best of, Jerry Lee Lewis, 2008
info Hag: The Capitol Recordings 1968-1976: Concepts, Live & the Strangers, Merle Haggard, 2008
info Let Me Be Your Side Track: The Influence of Jimmy Rogers, Various Artists (Multiple versions), 2008
no info Greatest Country Hits of 1957, Various Artists (Jim Reeves), 2008
no info The Early Years Of One Of Country's Biggest Stars, Gene Autry, 2009
no info The Essential Sun Records Country Hits, Jerry Lee Lewis, 2010
info 2003-08-08 The Bottom Line, New York City, NY, Jorma Kaukonen, 2010
no info Makes the Rafters Sing/Yodelling Hits, Grandpa Jones, 2011
no info Roots of the Country Outlaws, Various Artists (The Flatlanders), 2011
info Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective, Duane Allman / Various Artists, 2013


As All Around The Watertank
no info The Rambling Boys, Jack Elliot and Derroll Adams, 1957
no info Big Rock Candy Mountain: Songs of the American Hobo and Migratory Worker, John Greenway, 1962
no info Roll On Buddy, Jack Elliot and Derroll Adams, 1963
no info Frank Campbell and the Country Blues, Frank Campbell, 196?
no info Country Comeback, Johnny Cash, 1970
no info John Jackson in Europe, John Jackson, 1970
no info Ole Tyme Country Music, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1971
no info Mel McDaniel With Oklahoma Wind, Mel McDaniel, 1984
no info Single (All Around The Watertank / Cheatin's Only Cheatin'), Mel McDaniel, 1984
no info Ramblin' Jack, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, 1996
info Greatest Hits Of The Smoke-In, Vol.1, Various Artists, 2005
no info The Roots, The Journey, The Music of Donnie Lowell, 2006
no info Bound for Carolina, Doug Elliott, 2008

 
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