I really like Steve Earle and this song, but he's obviously not a local boy to Taneytown. It's pronounced Tawnytown, and it's not in a holler, it's open farmland. I don't believe there is a "Division Street", but there is a railroad that goes through town, and it's close to Gettysburg. Would love to know more about the story behind these lyrics.
@MollyMatrix
Hi. I'm recently researching Randall Knives, so the Taneytown lyrics are of interest. If you where to take a guess, what would be a fictionally possible date of manufacture for the Randall knife referred to in the following lyrics?
@MollyMatrix
Hi. I'm recently researching Randall Knives, so the Taneytown lyrics are of interest. If you where to take a guess, what would be a fictionally possible date of manufacture for the Randall knife referred to in the following lyrics?
"There's four of them and I can't fight
But I had my old Randall knife
I cut that boy and I never did look back"
"There's four of them and I can't fight
But I had my old Randall knife
I cut that boy and I never did look back"
I am trying to inform my buying decision on a Randall. I want a historically accurate knife from a model year that, sentimental me, might have been in his hands.
I...
I am trying to inform my buying decision on a Randall. I want a historically accurate knife from a model year that, sentimental me, might have been in his hands.
I am not a social scientist, so I don't know within which years would a "22 year old" man self-reference as "A colored boy". If I knew that, it would point to a time period for the song. That would shape this songs "story in my head" And my "story" doesn't need to step on yours. I think this song, like many songs, only exist in a three dimensional shape for those brief few seconds when talent, genius, history and inspiration collide within an artists brain. This leaves us mere mortals, to create a common knowledge story, that we all personally contribute to and collectively write. Your knowledge of the proximity to Tawnytown would be a good contribution, while I will come up with a plausible year and model Randall knife. I can see a book deal on the horizon.
I really like Steve Earle and this song, but he's obviously not a local boy to Taneytown. It's pronounced Tawnytown, and it's not in a holler, it's open farmland. I don't believe there is a "Division Street", but there is a railroad that goes through town, and it's close to Gettysburg. Would love to know more about the story behind these lyrics.
@MollyMatrix Hi. I'm recently researching Randall Knives, so the Taneytown lyrics are of interest. If you where to take a guess, what would be a fictionally possible date of manufacture for the Randall knife referred to in the following lyrics?
@MollyMatrix Hi. I'm recently researching Randall Knives, so the Taneytown lyrics are of interest. If you where to take a guess, what would be a fictionally possible date of manufacture for the Randall knife referred to in the following lyrics?
"There's four of them and I can't fight But I had my old Randall knife I cut that boy and I never did look back"
"There's four of them and I can't fight But I had my old Randall knife I cut that boy and I never did look back"
I am trying to inform my buying decision on a Randall. I want a historically accurate knife from a model year that, sentimental me, might have been in his hands. I...
I am trying to inform my buying decision on a Randall. I want a historically accurate knife from a model year that, sentimental me, might have been in his hands. I am not a social scientist, so I don't know within which years would a "22 year old" man self-reference as "A colored boy". If I knew that, it would point to a time period for the song. That would shape this songs "story in my head" And my "story" doesn't need to step on yours. I think this song, like many songs, only exist in a three dimensional shape for those brief few seconds when talent, genius, history and inspiration collide within an artists brain. This leaves us mere mortals, to create a common knowledge story, that we all personally contribute to and collectively write. Your knowledge of the proximity to Tawnytown would be a good contribution, while I will come up with a plausible year and model Randall knife. I can see a book deal on the horizon.