Biography:
Jimmie Rodgers (8 de septiembre de 1897 – 26 de mayo de 1933) fue un cantautor estadounidense de música country. Fue el primer músico en convertirse en una estrella del country. Su influencia en la música de raíces estadounidenses es incalculable, ya que ha influido a prácticamente todos los músicos que han desarrollado el country en el siglo XX, entre los que cabe destacar al también influyente Hank Williams.
Aunque nació en Pine Springs (Misisipi) él siempre se consideró de Meridian (Misisipi).
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[Verse 1]
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I'll tell you a story of Jimmie the Kid
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He's a brakeman you all know
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He was born in Mississippi a-way down south
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and he flagged on the TN&O
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He yodeled to fame on the Boston ‘n’ Maine
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The Wabash and the TP
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From the old Grand Trunk to the Cotton Belt
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he yodeled on the Santa Fe
[Chorus]
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Yodel-ee-dle-odle-ay-ee,
D G
Yodel-ee-dle-eedle-ay-ee-hee
[Verse 2]
G
On the Lehigh Valley he yodeled awhile
C G
then he went to the Nickel Plate
C G
From the old Lake Shore and the Erie Line
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He yodels to a Cadillac Eight
[Chorus]
G D
Yodel-ayee-yodle-olde-ayee
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yodle-odle-odle-ay-ee,
[Verse 3]
G
He yodeled his way to the C&A
C G
The Lackawanna and IC
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He rode a rattler called the Cannonball
Am D G
then he yodeled on the MK&T
[Chorus]
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Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
D G
Yodel-odle-ayee
[Verse 4]
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Now the story goes that Jimmie the Kid
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Has a yodeling mama so sweet
C G
They go Cadillacin' every night
Am D G
and they yodel up and down the street
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
D G
Yodel-odle-ayee
[Verse 5]
G
He's rode freight trains from East to West
C G
he's fixed himself up nice
C G
He's got a beautiful home all of his own
Am D G
It's the yodeler's paradise
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ee-dle-odle-ay-ee,
D G
Yodel-ee-dle-eedle-ay-ee-hee
[Verse 6]
G
They've treated him good they've treated him bad
C G
he never done any wrong
C G
He yodels a yodel everybody knows
Am C G
is the yodeling brakeman's song
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
D G
Yodel-odle-ayee
G
I'll tell you a story of Jimmie the Kid
C G
He's a brakeman you all know
C G
He was born in Mississippi a-way down south
A D G
and he flagged on the TN&O
G
He yodeled to fame on the Boston ‘n’ Maine
C G
The Wabash and the TP
C G
From the old Grand Trunk to the Cotton Belt
Am D G
he yodeled on the Santa Fe
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ee-dle-odle-ay-ee,
D G
Yodel-ee-dle-eedle-ay-ee-hee
[Verse 2]
G
On the Lehigh Valley he yodeled awhile
C G
then he went to the Nickel Plate
C G
From the old Lake Shore and the Erie Line
Am D G
He yodels to a Cadillac Eight
[Chorus]
G D
Yodel-ayee-yodle-olde-ayee
G
yodle-odle-odle-ay-ee,
[Verse 3]
G
He yodeled his way to the C&A
C G
The Lackawanna and IC
C G
He rode a rattler called the Cannonball
Am D G
then he yodeled on the MK&T
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
D G
Yodel-odle-ayee
[Verse 4]
G
Now the story goes that Jimmie the Kid
C G
Has a yodeling mama so sweet
C G
They go Cadillacin' every night
Am D G
and they yodel up and down the street
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
D G
Yodel-odle-ayee
[Verse 5]
G
He's rode freight trains from East to West
C G
he's fixed himself up nice
C G
He's got a beautiful home all of his own
Am D G
It's the yodeler's paradise
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ee-dle-odle-ay-ee,
D G
Yodel-ee-dle-eedle-ay-ee-hee
[Verse 6]
G
They've treated him good they've treated him bad
C G
he never done any wrong
C G
He yodels a yodel everybody knows
Am C G
is the yodeling brakeman's song
[Chorus]
G
Yodel-ayee,yodle-olde-ayee
D G
Yodel-odle-ayee
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