Jimmie Rodgers - Waiting for a Train Waiting for a Train’ is Jimmie Rodgers at his most lonesome and poetic. With a simple melody and that unmistakable yodel, he captures the feeling of drifting, longing, and hoping for a way out. The song feels like dust on a jacket and the sound of a whistle in the distance — early country music telling hard truths with quiet grace. A cornerstone of American roots music that still echoes today. | This is Country Music

Jimmie Rodgers in The Singing Brakeman - 1930