{"id":1042,"date":"2021-03-29T09:47:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T09:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1042"},"modified":"2022-10-30T14:37:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T14:37:16","slug":"special-streamline-panama-limited","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1042","title":{"rendered":"Special Streamline (Panama Limited)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Booker T Washington White (Bukka White)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-inbaddningshanterare wp-block-embed-inbaddningshanterare wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roots of Blues -- Bukka White \u201e Special Steamline&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GHsRrq1i0lo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-inbaddningshanterare wp-block-embed-inbaddningshanterare wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Guitar of Bukka White taught by Tom Feldmann\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_RgC3Nw-aUg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Instructions begin at 6:50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open D tuning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Spoken:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s that fast Special Streamline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leavin\u2019 outta Memphis, Tennessee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goin\u2019 into New Orleans. She runnin\u2019 so fast the hobos don\u2019t<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fool with this train. They stand on the track with their hat in their hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a friend girl that mornin\u2019 was catchin\u2019 that train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She got up singin\u2019 this song:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Sings:)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHey Dad, I\u2019m sorry to leave my home, Mm-mm-mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lord, Lord, Lord, Lordy\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Spoken:)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She heard that 8: 30 local blowin\u2019 that mornin\u2019. She hadn\u2019t rid the train in a good while. She thought it\u2019d have that Special Streamline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She heard at 8: 30 local when she is comin\u2019 to the line, declared up for that Streamline. Blowin\u2019 like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<em>plays guitar w\/wshbrd)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said, \u201cDaddy, is that my train? \u2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I say, I ain\u2019t keepin\u2019 up with the train time I\u2019m tryin-a make a few dimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She dropped her head went to singin\u2019 and cryin\u2019:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Sings:)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2018It\u2019s alright how you turn me down<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mm-mm-mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I ain\u2019t got a dime\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Spoken:)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After she called for a ticket<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She heard this Special Streamline<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going 36 miles from Memphis, Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make ya lonesome now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cause I hobo myself, sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(plays guitar &amp; w\/wshbrd)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Man asks her, \u201cWhere the other train?\u201d She told him she didn\u2019t know<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If she heard a bell she could tell him all about it. As she dropped&nbsp; over that hill and stopped off in the valley she heard the bell begin to toll like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(plays guitar w\/wshbrd)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Make a sound like a church bell toll\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before she got to that ten mile tunnel she blowed and throw\u2019d on&nbsp; the airbrakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(plays guitar &amp; w\/wshbrd x 3)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Airbrakes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she got to that ten mile tunnel she was gettin\u2019 close<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She was tippin cars on automatic switch gettin\u2019 her water and coal on the fly you could hear her when she was strikin\u2019 that double iron like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(plays guitar w\/wshbrd)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she run \u2018cross the last one<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She squalled in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(plays guitar w\/wshbrd)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This girl looked out an\u2019 seen that train she commenced to singin\u2019 an cryin\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Sings:)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHey, dad I don\u2019t wanna leave\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mm-mm I believe I\u2019ll lose my mind\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When that train got a little closer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Down to New Orleans, she went around that curve, you would hear her when she\u2019s blowin\u2019 like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<em>plays guitar w\/wshbrd x 3)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The people\u2019s always standin\u2019 at the station lyin\u2019 there to see that train come in. You would hear her when she squalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(plays guitar w\/wshbrd \u2013 to end)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Spoken:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Boy, ev\u2019rywhere but here\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Booker T Washington White (Bukka White) Instructions begin at 6:50. Open D tuning Spoken: That\u2019s that fast Special Streamline Leavin\u2019 outta Memphis, Tennessee Goin\u2019 into New Orleans. She runnin\u2019 so fast the hobos don\u2019t fool with this train. They stand on the track with their hat in their hands. I had a friend girl that&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1042\" class=\"read-more\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa Special Streamline (Panama Limited)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1042","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2134,"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1042\/revisions\/2134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}