a new sound and some began to find it just plain irritating mark twain generously rewarded the 1st yodeling shepherd he encountered to ascend into space mountain but after encountering every moment at 10 minute intervals he soon resorted to bribing them to just shut. border. train did not live to experience the blue yodel jimmy rogers went from graduate brakeman to record which. was allegedly inspired by howling coyotes and steam locomotives. in the us a yodel mania lost its luster in the 1950 s. . 2 decades ago yodeling was liberated from being solely the preserve of german folk music t.v.