This one goes out to my good friend of the same name. He’s a really good guy, not like the East Texas Red you’re going to hear about today. The song is by Woody Guthrie. East Texas Red was a railroad bull, the meanest one around. He was no friend to the hobo, that’s for sure. This is a revenge song. The threat to Red is that he’s going to ride that little black train one year from today. When you ride that train you better have your business straight, if you know what I mean. This song has a moral, and that is, if you’re so cold-hearted that you step on the down-trodden, you’re going to get yours down the road, and it’s not going to be pretty.

Here’s a fine version I found on YouTube by Mr. ISI. Nice job, Mister.

And another nice version by Dixiesguitar