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The Ballad of John Axon - Topic TSCD 801

available as a CD from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk where you can hear audio clips from some of the following tracks:

The Ballad of John Axon [1957] : a true Casey Jones Story about a Stockport railwayman. BBC's entry for the 1958 Italia Prize. Actuality interspersed with songs:

  1. Song of the Iron Road
  2. Fireman's Calypso
  3. The Fireman's Not For Me (from the play 'You're Only Young Once')
  4. The Ballad of Leisure Time
  5. Train Journey
  6. Runaway Train 1,2 & 3
  7. The Ballad of John Axon

The above album is item 7 in the Discography on page 390 of The Essential Ewan MacColl Songbook [usa] [uk], which contains the song lyrics and sheet music.