Last in my series of oldies is a classic folk song by Elizabeth Cotten called 'Freight Train.' She wrote this song in her early teens after teaching herself to play banjo and guitar. Elizabeth Cotten wasn't 'discovered' until she was well into her 60's when she began recording the songs she had written as a child. Notice in the video that she plays the guitar upside down. This is because she is left-handed but learned to play on her brother's banjo, which was strung for a right-handed player.
