Steel a-Goin' Down (Buell Kazee) Steel a-goin' down under my old hammer Forty-four long years I've carried along Steel a-goin' down and my hammer's gettin' heavy Forty-four long years I've sung 'em my song In the evening burns a light soft and low In that little shanty where I long to go Steel a-goin' down and my hammer's gettin' heavy I'm a-gettin' weary, I'm a-goin' home Steel a-goin' down under my old hammer I'm a-gettin' weary in-a-my bones Steel a-goin' down and my hammer's gettin' heavy I'm a-gettin' weary, workin' alone Soon that lonesome whistle blow loud and long And they'll look around for me but I'll be gone Steel a-goin' down, gonna swing my hammer I'm a-gettin' weary, I'm a-going home Steel a-goin' down under my old hammer I'm a-gettin' weary, workin' so long Steel a-goin' down and my hammer's gettin' heavy Soon be another singin' my song Over there beyond the dark comes a call So I'll lay my hammer down and leave it all Steel a-goin' down, I'm a-layin' down my hammer Hear the whistle blowin', I'm a-goin' home Words and music by Buell Kazee Source: Buell Kazee 'Same' June Appal LP JA 009 One of the few original compositions of the great old-timey banjo picker and bal lad singer, Buell Kazee, from Kentucky. He composed it in the early 1920s. He ha d worked on the railroad when he was seventeen and was impressed by the black st eel drivers and their songs. 'Steel driving', he wrote, was dying out. Machinery was taking its place. This was written as a memorial of that time and place'. PS apr00
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