Wilf Carter (born December 18, 1904 in Port Hilford, Nova Scotia, Canada, d… Read Full Bio ↴Wilf Carter (born December 18, 1904 in Port Hilford, Nova Scotia, Canada, died December 5, 1996 in Scottsdale, Arizona), also known as Montana Slim, was a Canadian country music singer and yodeler.

In 1923, Carter moved west to Calgary, Alberta, where he found work as a cowboy and made extra money singing and playing his guitar. It was during this time that he developed his own yodeling style, sometimes called an "echo yodel" or a "three-in-one".

Carter performed his very first radio broadcast on CFCN in 1930. Two years later, he was entertaining tourists as a trail rider for the Canadian Pacific Railway. The railroad company promoted horseback excursions into the Canadian Rockies, and Carter soon became popular.

His popularity grew such that in 1933 he was hired to be an entertainer on the maiden voyage of the British ship S.S. Empress. However, on the way to the ship he stopped off in Montreal and recorded two songs he had written: My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby and The Capture of Albert Johnson. By 1934 that record was a best-seller. By 1935 he was in New York City, performing on WABC radio. And that same year someone tagged him with the name Montana Slim," and it stuck.

In 1937 he left New York City and returned to Calgary, where he bought a ranch. He continued to appear on both American and Canadian radio shows, as well as doing live concerts. Carter seriously injured his back in a 1940 car accident. He was unable to tour regularly for much of the decade. He sold his ranch in 1949 and moved to a 180 acre (730,000m2) farm in New Jersey.

In 1952 he moved again, this time to Orlando, Florida, and opened the Wilf Carter Motor Lodge. That venture only lasted two years before he closed it.

Waiting For A Train
Wilf Carter Lyrics

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Alioof Concrete walls swallowed me whole I clawed and screamed for …
B. D. Thomas Wake each day To the new morning sun Living a race Always ou…
Beck I'm an alien from another sphere. The thing I like…
Billy Bragg It may have been Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline But on…
Boz Scaggs All around the water tank Waiting for a train A thousand mil…
Boz Scaggs And Duane Allman All around the water tank Waiting for a train A thousand m…
Charles Jacobie All around the water tank Waiting for a train A thousand mil…
Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band Az Édenből szálltunk a tengerpart felé. Némán álltunk…
David Allan Coe I'd sing the Red River Valley And he'd sit in…

Dick Curless All around the water tank waiting for a train A thousand…
Dickey Betts All around the water tank waitin' for a train I'm thousand…
Dolores Dolores Monday is not My best day Cause everybody is doing something…
Dr. John All around the water tower Waiting for a train A thousand mi…
Duane Allman All around the water tank Waiting for a train A thousand mil…
Ernest Tubb I'm waiting for ships that never come in just watching…
Flash the Pan Wonder why it's getting cold at night I must be getting…
Flash & The Pan Wonder why it's getting cold at night I must be getting…
Gene Autry All around the water tank, waiting for a train A…
Hank Snow All around the water tank waiting for a train A thousand…
J.Tex Waiting for a train to come To Carry Me on home Ive…
Jerry Lee Lewis All around the water tank Waitin' for a train I'm a thousand…
Jim Reeves All around the water tank waitin' for a train A thousand…
Jimmie Rodger All around the water tank waiting for a train A thousand…
John Denver All around the water tower Waiting for a train A thousand mi…
Johnny Cash All around the water tank waitin' for a train A thousand…
Jorma Kaukonen All around the water tower Waiting for a train A thousand mi…
KnightsBridge So long, I've been looking too hard, I've been waiting…
Mississippi John Hurt All around the water tank Leakin in the rain A thousand mile…
Mr. Rocambole Waiting for a train to come To Carry Me on home Ive…
Peter and the Wolf Come on now Won't you please? Come on now It's only me Waiti…
Ramblin' Jack Elliott All around the water tank, waiting for a train A thousand…
Sukh Sail with me across the world Be my girl tonight And I…
The Proclaimers All around the water tank Waiting for a train A thousand mil…
Vanda & Young I've been looking for a woman to save my life Not…
Various Artists I'm afraid it's been too long to try to find…
Vernon Oxford and Merle Haggard All around the water tank Sleepin' in the rain A thousand …

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A Little Log Shack I Can Always Call My Home There's a spot out on the prairie Where the coyotes love…
Blue Canadian Rockies In the blue Canadian Rockies Spring is sighing through the t…
Bluebird on Your Windowsill There's a bird on my windowsill, it's looking at meeeeeeeeee…
He'll Have To Go Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone. Let's…
Hell Have To Go Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone. Let's…
I'll Never Die of a Broken Heart All I need is a little love in my life All…
My Little Yoho Lady I'm longing tonight once again to roam In a beautiful valle…
My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby Strolling along in the moonlight by a mountain stream High u…
No Letter Today God I look to You, I won't be overwhelmed Give me…
One Golden Curl Where are the blue eyes that sparkle so bright Where are…
Sadie My Little Lady I'm longing tonight once again to roam In a beautiful valle…
The Alpine Milkman I will tell you all a story of a fine…
The Blue Canadian Rockies In the blue Canadian Rockies Spring is sighing through the t…

Waiting For A TrainWilf Carter Lyrics

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Waiting For A Train
Wilf Carter Lyrics