RAILROADING ON THE GREAT DIVIDE

Created on 05/01/2026
Latest update on 05/01/2026

Artist: Carter Family
Author: Sara Carter
Label: Acme
Year: 1956

A.P. & Sara with daughter and son Jeanette & John.

Covers:

1961:

Bob Dylan [at Gerde's Folk City; NYC, witht Jim Kweskin; saved up for Live 1962-1966 and Bootleg Series Vol. 18]

1973:

New Lost City Ramblers [as On The Great Divide, title track Folkways album]

2011:

Norman Blake

2016:

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry [on Shine A Light - Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad]

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SINGLE GIRL, MARRIED GIRL
1927
STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN, THE
1928
I AIN'T GOIN' TO WORK TOMORROW
1928
WILDWOOD FLOWER
1929
WILL YOU MISS ME WHEN I'M GONE
1930
WORRIED MAN BLUES
1931
JIMMIE BROWN THE NEWSBOY
1931
WHEN I'M GONE
1933
GIVE ME THE ROSES WHILE I LIVE
1933
I NEVER WILL MARRY
1933
WINDING STREAM, THE
1934
I'M WORKING ON A BUILDING
1934
ON A HILL LONE AND GRAY
1936
MY DIXIE DARLING
1936
NO DEPRESSION IN HEAVEN
1937
HELLO STRANGER
1937
SWEET HEAVEN IN MY VIEW
1940
BEAR CREEK BLUES
1942
GIRL ON THE GREENBRIAR SHORE, THE

Covers from artist:

1927
LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN IN THE LANE
1927
WANDERING BOY, THE
1928
KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE
1928
JOHN HARDY
1928
(WHAT YOU GOING TO DO) WHEN THE WORLD'S ON FIRE
1928
RIVER OF JORDAN
1928
MEET ME BY THE MOONLIGHT, ALONE
1928
WEEPING WILLOW TREE
1929
DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH
1929
WABASH CANNONBALL
1929
MOTHER'S CHILDREN (HAVE A HARD TIME)
1929
LULU WALSH
1929
C&O WRECK, THE
1929
FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP
1929
BLUE EYES
1930
WHITE HOUSE BLUES
1930
WAY DOWN IN ALABAMA
1930
I WONDER HOW THE OLD FOLKS ARE AT HOME
1930
DO LORD, DO REMEMBER ME
1930s
SUGAR BABY
1931
THAT LONESOME VALLEY
1931
OLD COTTAGE HOME
1931
WHERE SHALL I BE?
1931
I'M ON MY WAY TO THE KINGDOM LAND
1931
LORD DON'T YOU KNOW I HAVE NO FRIEND LIKE YOU
1932
MID THE GREEN FIELDS OF VIRGINIA
1932
PICTURE ON THE WALL, THE
1932
THAT BEAUTIFUL LAND
1932
DYING SOLDIER, THE (BROTHER GREEN)
1932
WE PARTED BY THE RIVERSIDE
1932
BYE AND BYE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE KING
1933
WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN (BY AND BY)
1933
GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN
1933
CHURCH IN THE WILDWOOD, THE
1933
I LOVED YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNEW
1933
MY LITTLE HOME IN TENNESSEE
1933
SEE THAT MY GRAVE'S KEPT GREEN
1933
WILL THE ROSES BLOOM IN HEAVEN?
1933
TWO SWEETHEARTS OF MINE
1934
EAST VIRGINIA
1934
THERE'S NO HIDING PLACE
1934
ARE YOU HAPPY OR LONESOME
1934
HELLO CENTRAL, GIVE ME HEAVEN
1934
I'LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT LOVE
1934
WILL MY MOTHER KNOW ME THERE?
1934
COWBOY JACK
1935
LOWLAND SEA, THE
1935
SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN
1935
FADED COAT OF BLUE
1935
WILL YOU LOVE ME WHEN I'M OLD
1936
JEALOUS HEARTED BLUES
1936
GOOD BYE MY BONNIE, GOOD BYE
1936
DELIVERANCE WILL COME
1936
ARE YOU LONESOME TO-NIGHT
1937
KNOXVILLE GIRL
1937
LET THAT LIE ALONE
1937
HOLD FAST TO THE RIGHT
1937
DEATH'S BLACK TRAIN IS COMING
1938
HAPPY IN PRISON
1938
I'M GOING BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA
1938
O! MOLLY DEAR GO ASK YOUR MOTHER
1939
POLLY WOLLY DOODLE
1939
CUMBERLAND GAP
1939
DYING COWBOY, THE
1939
WHERE THE RIVER SHANNON FLOWS
1940
BLACK JACK DAVID
1941
FIFTY MILES OF ELBOW ROOM
1952
COME ALL YOU FAIR AND TENDER LADIES
1969
BREAK MY MIND
1972
I DON'T THINK MUCH ABOUT HER NO MORE
1976
I'M HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL

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