The woman famous for that fingering style was Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten — a folksinger best known for the song “Freight Train,” written in 1904 when she was just 11 years old. Cotten’s ...
When Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten was around ... By 12, she had written “Freight Train,” a lilting song that movingly captures the sense of liberation that trains symbolized for Black ...