Marged, Don't quote me on it, but I believe Johnny Cash wrote & sang Rock Island Line, maybe as late as the 60's. Good song, whoever did the writing. Becky In a message dated 11/25/00 1:00:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, marged@btinternet.com writes: > > > Well, Lonny Donergan was lucky because he was around (may have invented?) > when > skiffle came in, with the home made tea chests etc., and the kids just went > for > it like mad. > > Oh, the Rock Island Line is a mighty good Line > the Rock Island Line is the road to ride > > I bet someone else sang that, too? > > > Marged > >

Hi Becky - I am certainly no expert on this. It was one of my sister's interests, and I think she had Lonny on a record. Is that the one that goes "I've got, horses, I've got sheep, " etc., Marged | Don't quote me on it, but I believe Johnny Cash wrote & sang Rock | Island Line, maybe as late as the 60's. Good song, whoever did the writing. | | Becky | | In a message dated 11/25/00 1:00:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, | marged@btinternet.com writes: | | | > | > | > Well, Lonny Donergan was lucky because he was around (may have invented?) | > when | > skiffle came in, with the home made tea chests etc., and the kids just went | > for | > it like mad. | > | > Oh, the Rock Island Line is a mighty good Line | > the Rock Island Line is the road to ride | > | > I bet someone else sang that, too? | > | > | > Marged | > | > | | | | | | | ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== | Don't forget you can also post your surnames or any other messages you may want to share in our on line forum message board, | http://amazingforums.com/forum/NORTH/forum.html | | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.215 / Virus Database: 101 - Release Date: 16/11/00