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[edit] Lyrics
Normally it's against Wikipedia policy to post copyrighted lyrics. Does anyone know if the lyrics posted here are still in copyright? If so, they'll need to be removed. 23skidoo 15:22, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
- There are many versions of lyrics to "The Wabash Cannonball" and if the original folk lyrics were written in the nineteenth century, they are almost certainly in the public domain. The lyrics in the article are from Roy Acuff's 1936 version, and they may still be under copyright- I searched the internet for information on this, but I could not find any. Public domain lyrics are posted in many song articles; check out Texas, Our Texas, The Star Spangled Banner, The Eyes of Texas, etc. If Roy Acuff's lyrics are copyrighted, I think the best solution would be to post another version of lyrics in the public domain. Andrea Parton 02:29, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
- Agreed, and of course PD lyrics are fine. I guess it depends how many changes Acuff made to the original words... 23skidoo 02:43, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Just a comment from Gene Phillips (e_phil3@bellsouth.net) Years ago, probably on PBS, I listened to a commentary on the music of WWII. Most of the training centers for soldiers were located in the South in places like Ft. Polk, LA, Ft. Benning, GA, Ft. Bragg, NC, Ft. Jackson, SC, Ft. Hood, TX, and a number of smaller posts. This may have had something to do with the weather and cheap land. Anyway, I recall the program mentioning that the "Wabash Cannonball" performed by Roy Acuff, was played more on jukeboxes than any other recording of the WWII period and that soldiers had developed a little jitterbug dance to the song. I would welcome any comments on this, just out of curiosity. There was another song of unknown origin that I believe Acuff acquired the lyrics to: "I've got my knapsack on my back, my rifle on my shoulder, I'm going down to Shiloh, and I will be a soldier." There was some pretty stirring fiddle music with the Civil War song. No doubt that Acuff was "the king of country music." Gene
There is a belief that the Wabash Cannonball also ran from St. Paul, MN through Wabasha, MN to the south. This would be the Old Great Western Line.
