Casey Jones

Amerikanisches Gewerkschaftslied

( Come all you rounders listen hear, I'll tell you the story of a brave engineer ; Die Südmehrbahn war stillgelegt, es streikte Mann für Mann )

... Casey Jones war ein Streikbrecher ... ... Streiks in den USA Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bei den Pacific-Bahnen ...

Arr.: Hilliger, Otto (born in 1909) [ Germany ]

Mel.: Anonyme

Text by Hill, Joe (1879-1915) [USA ; Sweden]
Adaptor of the text: Dehmel, Walter (1903-1960) [Germany]
Edition
Published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag [Germany] , 1975 ; in Brüder am Werk (1) (484 p.)
Number of pages : 6
Editor or author of the restitution: Hilliger, Otto ; Koch, Helmut ; Räker, Gerhard
Type of material: Full score
 
Description
Text in: German
Epoque: 19th century  (1850-1899)
Genre-Style-Form: Song of the workers ; Partsong ; Secular
Type of Choir: SSATB  (5 mixed voices )
Instruments: Piano (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): B
Tonality: C major
Duration: 3.5 min.
Number of verses: 4
Origin: USA