These songs are the derivation no doubt of “(The) Train Kept a-Rollin’”, a favorite of garage bands in the ’60s…

http://youtu.be/-IgPIveQui4

… which The Yardbirds both recorded and later turned into “Stroll On” as seen in Blow Up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zeza1xeWKM

I wonder if this is a direct line or if “Cow Cow” and “Train…” are both branches off an earlier song.

” … a knock-out Western accent with a Harlem touch”

She used to sing at the Cotton Club and the NY Apollo.

And as for the Judds’ version

“He was raised on local ways” ??!!??

Listen to the Dandridge lyrics; again, makes much more sense. On YouTube