Echoes from the Iron Horse (1925), arr. Erno Rapée

Track 8: Medley from Echoes from the Iron Horse (1925), arr. Erno Rapée

1. “Turkey in the Straw” (American folk song, 1820s, minstrelsy)

2. “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” (American Civil War song, 1863, Patrick Gilmore)

3. “Pop! Goes the Weasel” (English nursery rhyme, 1853)

4. Orchestral Interlude with Violin (“Hard Times Come Again No More,”?, 1854, by Stephen Foster)

5. Orchestral Interlude with Xylophone

6. “Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill” (American folk song, 1888, lyrics by Thomas Casey)

Chorus:
So drill, ye tarriers, drill
And drill, ye tarriers, drill
Oh it’s work all day without sugar in your tea
When you work in the middle of the railway
So drill, ye tarriers, drill.

And pick and shovel, and work, and blast (?)

Chorus

7. Indian theme (Capitol Photoplay Series, c. 1923)

8. Patriotic tune #1

9. Patriotic tune #2

10. “Dixie” (American folk song, 1850s, minstrelsy)

11. “Yankee Doodle Dandy” (Anglo-American folk song, 17th/18th century)

Leave a comment