"The Midnight Special" is a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) from their 1969 album Willy and the Poor Boys.
The song is a cover of an older folk song by Lead Belly and the Golden Gate Quartet.
The song is said to have originated with prisoners in the American South, and is about a passenger train that passes by a prison at night.
Prisoners would sing about the train and the light as a sign of hope and good luck.
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The song is a cover of an older folk song by Lead Belly and the Golden Gate Quartet.
The song is said to have originated with prisoners in the American South, and is about a passenger train that passes by a prison at night.
Prisoners would sing about the train and the light as a sign of hope and good luck.
Generative AI is experimental. Learn more
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