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Rock Island Line (ver. 1) by Lonnie Donegan - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
"Rock Island Line" is an American blues/folk song performed and first recorded by Lead Belly in the 1930s. Versions have been recorded by other artists. The song is ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. The chorus to the old song reads: The Rock Island Line is a mighty good road The Rock Island Line is the road to ride The Rock Island Line is a mighty good road If you want to ride you gotta ride it like you find it Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line The verses tell a humorous story about a train operator who smuggled pig iron through a toll gate by claiming all he had on board was livestock. Lonnie Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002[2]) was a skiffle musician, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name. He is known as the "King of Skiffle" and is often cited as a large influence on the generation of British.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
Lonnie Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002[2]) was a skiffle musician, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name. He is known as the "King of Skiffle" and is often cited as a large influence on the generation of British musicians who became famous in the 1960s.[3][4] The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums states Donegan was "Britain's most successful and influential recording artist before The Beatles. He chalked up 24 successive Top 30 hits, and was the first UK male to score two U.S. Top 10s".[2] Born as Anthony James Donegan in Bridgeton, Glasgow, Scotland, the son of a professional violinist who had played with the Scottish National Orchestra, he moved with his family in 1933 to East Ham, then in Essex, now part of Greater London.[5] Donegan was evacuated to Cheshire to escape The Blitz in World War II, and he attended St. Ambrose College, initially at the school's original site in Dunham Road, Altrincham. "Rock Island Line" is an American blues/folk song performed and first recorded by Lead Belly in the 1930s. Versions have been recorded by other artists. The song is ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and.
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