Lead Belly sang his famous “Midnight Special,” recorded by John and Alan Lomax, while incarcerated at Angola Prison Farm.

In the late 1930’s, jazz great Duke Ellington invited aspiring songwriter Billy Strayhorn to “TAKE A TRAIN” to visit him in Harlem — the phrase became the title of one of the best known jazz pieces ever.

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