List of Train Songs - J

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• "J. C. Holmes Blues" (Gus Horsley, parody of "Casey Jones") by Bessie Smith
• "Jack Straw" (Bob Weir, Robert Hunter) by Dark Star Orchestra, Grateful Dead, Bruce Hornsby, Robert Hunter, Spear of Destiny, Bob Weir
• "Jay Gould's Daughter" (Traditional, related to "Milwaukee Blues") by Pete Seeger
• "Jay Goose Is Dead" (Traditional, part of "Jay Gould" family) by J. E. Mainer & His Mountaineers
• "Jenny Dreamed of Trains" (Guy Clark, Vince Gill) by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Guy Clark, John Denver, Vince Gill, Sweethearts of the Rodeo
• "Jenny on the Railroad" (Traditional) by Tracy Schwarz & Mike Seeger with The New Lost City Ramblers
• "Jerry, Go Ile (Oil) That Car" by Harry McClintock
• "Jessie at the Railway Bar", also titled "Jessie, the Belle at the Bar", (G. Ware), broadside published 1884
• "Jim Blake's Message" (Traditional, copyrighted by Carson Robison, Pete Condon, 1927) by The Carter Family, Vernon Dalhart, Phipps Family, Jean Ritchie
• "Jimmie the Kid" (Jack Neville, Jimmie Rodgers) by Gene Autry, Merle Haggard, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Snow
• "John Henry" (Traditional, numerous variations) by Pink Anderson, Chet Baker, Harry Belafonte, Leon Bibb, Dock Boggs, Big Bill Broonzy, The Book of Knots, Buster Brown, Gabriel Brown, Hylo Brown, Ace Cannon, Fiddlin' John Carson, Cephas & Wiggins, The Cows, Joe Craven, Johnny Cash, Cuff the Duke, Eric Darling, Little Jimmy Dickens, Lonnie Donegan, Duane Eddy, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, David Dudley, Snooks Eaglin, John Fahey, Raymond Fairchild, Flatt & Scruggs, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jesse Fuller, Tony Furtado, Alice Gerrard & Hazel Dickens, Bob Gibson, Lloyd Green, David Grisman, The Gun Club, Woody Guthrie, Rolf Harris, Ronnie Hawkins, Roscoe Holcomb, Johnny Horton, Burl Ives, John Jackson, The Johnson Mountain Boys, Grandpa Jones, Garrison Keillor, The Kentucky Colonels, Hugh Laurie, Lead Belly, Furry Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Lilly Brothers, The Limeliters, Uncle Dave Macon, Taj Mahal, J. E. Mainer, The Mammals, Jimmy Martin, John McCutcheon, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, Memphis Slim, Charlie Monroe, Bill Monroe, Odetta, Jerry Reed, Harvey Reid, John Renbourn, Don Reno & Red Smiley, Lesley Riddle Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, Paul Robeson, Tracy Schwarz, Mike Seeger, Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Ralph Stanley, Staple Singers, Stringbean, Marty Stuart, Texas Ruby & Curly Fox, Henry Thomas, Hank Thompson, Merle Travis, Porter Wagoner, Steve Wariner, Doc Watson, Josh White, Paul Winter, Chubby Wise
• "Journeyman" by Jethro Tull
• "Jump That Train" by Foghat
• "Jumping Someone Else's Train" by The Cure
• "Junction" (Eldon Rathburn) by Eldon Rathburn
• "Jungle Train" by Babes in Toyland
• "Jupiter and the 119, The" by Railroad Earth
• "Just Another Whistle Stop" (Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson) by The Band, Phil Lesh
• "Just Like This Train" (Joni Mitchell) by Joni Mitchell
• "Just Missed the Train" by Trine Rein
• "Just Set a Light" (Henry V. Neal, Gussie L. Davis), circa 1896, basis for "The Engineer's Child" and "He's Coming to Us Dead"