Early Lonnie Donegan 1957..... The concealed 'pig iron' might be referring to smuggling slaves to freedom. "Rock Island Line" is an American blues/folk song, ...
Rock Island Line by Leadbelly from the album American Folk & Blues Anthology Released 2013-12-27 on Not Now Music In his lifetime Huddie Ledbetter spent ...
Leadbelly - Rock Island Line (1944)
McGuinn plays the traditional 'Rock Island Line' (popularized by Lonnie Donegan, Leadbelly, Johnny Cash, and others).