Songs of the Iron Men (2009)


Before gas tractors plowed the fields, steam traction engines ruled the prairie. Now, the glory days of steam farming live on through the words of the men and women who experienced them firsthand.

These 12 poems, originally submitted to the steam engine enthusiast magazine Iron-Men Album back in the 1950s, have been unearthed and set to original music by Christian Williams. Enjoy this glimpse of a little-known chapter of American history.

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1: Dreaming of Steam
2: Vanished Days
3: On the Farm
4: Haywire Sawmill
5: Charlie and His Case
6: Threshing Crew
7: The Lazy Farmer
8: Good Old Russell
9: Village Blacksmith
10: Smoke on the Prairie
11: My Old Steam Engine
12: Death of a Steam Man