The Great Rock Island Route!!
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- Written by
- William Kindt
- Originally written by
- J. A. Roff
- Language
- English
- Adapted from
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The Great Rock Island Route!! written by J. A. Roff – Recomposition
- Comments
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aka "Wabash Cannonball". Kindt published sheet music for his 1904 "Wabash Cannon Ball", but it is likely that his revised lyrics of the 1882 song The Great Rock Island Route!! were written by unknown authors prior to 1904. The Carter Family made one of the earlier recordings of this new song and A.P. Carter registered it as his own (which he often did), so today most people incorrectly attribute this song to him. Roy Acuff's 1938 version sold over ten million records.
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