During the late 50's and early 60's there was a exodus of young people leaving Cape Breton Island for Boston in search of work. A lot of the young women who left found employment as counter clerks in convenience stores or as nannies to the wealthy. Some of them just never came back and Anne happened to be one of them. Back then, train was the usual mode of transportation, following that ribbon of steel across Canada and into the United States of America - the land of the free - and, so, it was the idea of taking a train back home to heaven that got me started on this song. Heaven, of course, being Cape Breton Island. This song is available as a demo to serious music publishers and recording atrists.

Travellin' By Train There's a mountain and a star shinin' on the dead of night the moon lights it a halo while the baby's sleepin' tight there's dew upon a darkened leaf and it's leavin' for the ground and in the distance you can hear a mournful sound I left you in Cape Breton back in 1958 took the train to Boston got a job and so I stayed I got married, raised a family and lived till I grew old misplaced in America and wishin' I was home If tomorrow was like heaven I would curse the light of day but heaven's where I'm goin' anyway I'm packin' up my sunshine I'm leavin' in the rain here I go again travellin' by train Oh I bet the tracks up yonder echo mem'ries from the hill pieces of a yesterday to make your heart stand still and the kisses that you gave me neath the city lights at night I'm on the platform babe an' everything's alright If tomorrow was like heaven I would curse the light of day but heaven's where I'm goin' anyway I'm packin' up my sunshine I'm leavin' in the rain here I go again travellin' by train

Elvis Drives A Taxi. A song inspired by Donnie MacInnis of Sydney, Nova Scotia.