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Electric Railway Line

from A Ripple in Time by Tiller's Folly

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ELECTRIC RAILWAY LINE

Climbed aboard the old 1402 on the Electric Railway Line
Thirteen cents in cash fare paid on the Electric Railway Line
Got my transfer and receipt it took no time to take my seat
Kicked off my shoes, kicked up my feet on the Electric Railway Line

From Yarrow, Stewart & Sinclair along the Interurban Line
Then through Bellerose, Kidd, Reclaim along the Interurban Line
Stopped in Jackman, County Line through Coghlan, Warwhoop and Jardine
Meridian, Sullivan, Hyland, Kings on the Electric Railway Line

All along the Interurban Line
You could hear them motors wail and whine
Clicking down the track and she's right on time

You can smoke "Wills' Capstan Cigarettes" out on the Observation Car
You know they're fifteen cents a packet by the Hastings depot yard
You can read the Buzzer in the vestibule
Or you can thumb through the Farm Service News
Well I'm telling you, you just can't loose on the Electric Railway Line

I took a ride the Flying Dutchman once along the Interurban Line
Met a little girl from Jubilee along the Interurban Line
If you've got the price of fare well then the BCE can get you there
They just take a little more time and care on the Electric Railway Line

All along the Interurban Line
You could hear them motors wail and whine
Kickin' up sparks and she's right on time
I saw the Duke of Connaught ride on the Electric Railway Line
He went down to Lulu Isle. on the Electric Railway Line
Well that's your first-rate transportation
Getcha to and from your destination
So better get lined up at the station, boys for the Electric Railway Line

credits

from A Ripple in Time, released June 1, 2002
Bruce Coughlan – vocals, guitar, wood flute & whistles
Laurence Knight – bass, vocals
Nolan Murray – fiddle, mandolin, 5-string banjo
Michael Santshyn– fiddle, mandolin & vocals
Robbie Steininger – electric slide guitar, mandolin & dobro
Phil Robertson – drums
Ian Cameron – fiddle, mandolin & guitar
Chris Stevens – 5-string banjo
Gord Maxwell – vocals
Jack Duncan – percussion
John Ellis – shakers & guitar
All songs composed by Bruce Coughlan (SOCAN) except; Heel & Toe (trad arranged by Nolan Murray & Bruce Coughlan, Muddy Frogwater & An Dram Buidheach – by Nolan Murray (ASCAP)
Produced by Laurence Knight

Engineered by John Ellis & Eric Reed
Pre-production by Ian Cameron
Recorded at Magic Lab Recorders, Surrey, BC
The Factory, Vancouver, BC and Red Stripe Studios, Burnaby, BC
Tracked at NAL Studios, North Vancouver, BC
Mastered by Jamie Sitar at Suitesound, Vancouver, BC

Graphics by Bruce Coughlan

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada’s private radio broadcasters.

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Pacific Canadian-based recording & performing artist, Bruce Coughlan has spent decades making Acoustic Roots Music Music of all descriptions. An expressive singer and rock-solid guitarist, Bruce is driven by one guiding principle: It's all about the Song. ... more

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