Train Whistles in Folk Culture
The song 500 Miles makes frequent reference to the sound of the train whistle as being audible over a great distance.
Excerpt:
- If you miss the train I'm on,
- You will know that I am gone.
- You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,
- A hundred miles, two hundred miles, three hundred miles, four hundred miles,
- You can hear the whistle blow five hundred miles.
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