Another Chapin song.
“Stairway to Heaven”!
If you do not know Jason Isbell or the Drive By Truckers, then stop what you are doing, read this story/page, and listen to “Decoration Day”
Well, laddie, since you mentioned them:
Lanigan’s Ball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFwjp3GfEGM
The Scotsman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl96vNqNjlg
Afternoon delight.
Starland Vocal Band.
I hate waiting to the middle of a cold dark night.
Yes. 
‘Willy Dear’ by The Tillers, a band I seem to have got mildly obsessed with of late.
Buck Dharma Your Loving Heart
The first line is
“Ridin’ on the City of New Orleans Illinois Central Monday morning rail”
The [City of New Orleans] train is riding on the [City of New Orleans Illinois Central Monday morning] rail.
How about the line in the chorus
“I’m the train they call the City of New Orleans”
Pretty definitive.
As for the OP, who can forget
“Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale
a tale of a fateful ship”
[smack]
I would also include “Outfit.”
Also “Freebird” and “Aqualung.”
Can you tell when my formative years were?
Heh, a formative song in my childhood. My parents probably regretted buying that record.
Two of my favorites, from local cowpunk outfit Slobberbone: