"303855"^^ . . . "Big Joe Turner songs" . "American folk songs" . "Van Morrison songs" . "false"^^ . "Johnny Rivers songs" . . "7"^^ . "109.7"^^ . "%22Midnight Special%22 is a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South. The title comes from the refrain, which refers to the passenger train Midnight Special and its %22ever-loving light%22 (sometimes %22ever-living light%22).Let the Midnight Special shine her light on me,Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-loving light on me. (Traditional)The song is historically performed in the country-blues style from the viewpoint of the prisoner and has been covered by many artists." . "USSM16700364" . "171000.0"^^ . . "eng" . "Midnight Special" . "-14.0"^^ . "true"^^ . . "Wilma Lee Cooper songs" . . "false"^^ . "1965 singles" . "Burl Ives songs" . "TRTZBVM128F426A1F4" . "Year of song unknown" . "Lead Belly songs" . "1991-01-01"^^ . "2798" . "Stoney Cooper songs" . "Songs about prison" . "1960 singles" . . . "english" . . "0.101217"^^ . . "0"^^ . "5714deeb25ac0d8aee56a16f" . . "Songs about trains" . "Midnight Special" . "Creedence Clearwater Revival songs" . "-0.630861"^^ . "c86cc008-35d2-47d4-a993-01796029606a" . . "627024" .