Train Kept a Rollin' (Tiny Bradshaw cover)

This was proformed by Zep live in most of their 1980 European tour.

http://www.led-zeppelin.org/reference/1975-1980.html

this song is actually by THE YARDBIRDS (Page's old band), not Zeppelin, and probably should be removed from the Zep list.

According to John Paul Jones, it was the very first song that he, Page, Plant and Bonham ever rehearsed. I don't think it should be removed.

No it shouldn't and it was but Don Diego

But, and I may be wrong, but I'm almost positive that this is a traditional song; not one of the yardbird's

Done originally by the Johnny Burnette Trio, the original is on the "Loud, Fast, and Out Of Control" Rhino collection. The original lyrics are a little different:

I Caught a Train I met a dame She was a hepster and a real gone dame she was pretty from New York City and we Trucked on down that old fair lane with a heave and a ho, well i just couldn't let her go

get along, creepy little woman get along, well be on your way get along, creepy little woman get along, well be on your way with a heave and a ho, well i just couldn't let her go

Well, the train kept a-rollin all night long the train kept a-rollin all night long The train kept me movin' all night long the train kept a-rollin all night long with a heave and a ho, well i just couldn't let her go

we made a stop in Alberquerque she must of thought that I was a real gone jerk we got off the train at El Paso our lovin was so good, jack, I couldn't let her go get along, well I just couldn't let her go

get along, creepy little woman get along, well be on your way get along, creepy little woman get along, well be on your way with a heave and a ho, well I just couldn't let her go.

the train kept her movin' all night long the train kept a-rollin all night long with a heave and a ho well I just couldnt let her go-oh-oh

This is a song about a physical tryst on a train, and likely the affect of the train motion on such a tryst. That is why it such a fun song. the rollicking pace and blistering guitar was present in the original and was pretty advanced for rockabilly, introducing a feedback-accelerated backbeat that became a staple of 60's freakbeat. This has been covered by The Yardbirds (also in alternate lyric mix for the film Blow Up) aerosmith, and guns and roses, to name a few.

writen by Tiny Bradshaw and rocorded in 1951 by "Tiny Bradshaw's Big Band"

They played this frequently during their first few tours and their last tour,

this is a very good song but i have only heard the Aerosmith version!