I've Been Workin on the Railroad
I've Been Workin on the Railroad Lyrics
I've been working on the railroad
All the livelong day
I've been working on the railroad
Just to pass the time away
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
Rise up so early in the morn
Can't you hear the captain shouting
Dinah, blow your horn
Dinah, won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow your horn
Dinah, won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow your horn
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
Someone's in the kitchen I know
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
Strumming on the old banjo, and singing
Fie, fi, fiddly i o
Fie, fi, fiddly i o
Fie, fi, fiddly i o
Strumming on the old banjo
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I've Been Workin on the Railroad Alternative Lyrics
I once did know a girl named Grace,
I'm wuk-kin on de
le-vee She done bring me to dis sad dis-grace
O' wuk-kin on de le-vee.
I been wuk-kin on de rail-road
All de live long day;
I been wuk-kin on de
Rail-road Ter pass de time a -way
Information About I've Been Workin on the Railroad
"I've Been Working on the Railroad" is an American folk song and appears to have been first printed in 1894 in Carmina, Princetonia. This song could be a derivative of an old Irish song: "I've been working on the Levee". The earliest known recording is by the Sandhills Sixteen, released by Victor Records in 1927.
This song is strikingly similar to the first few bars of the old Spanish anthem 'Cara al Sol'. This nursery rhyme is a favourite amongst the Japanese, the nursery rhyme has the same melody but with a different title and lyrics. The song is known as "Senro wa tsuzuku yo doko made mo " in Japan which translates into "The railroad continues forever".
The tune of this song is used to the announcement of arriving trains at stations plying on the Hanshin Electric Railway Lines.
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User Comments I've Been Workin on the Railroad (20)
By Matt from Lancaster United States on 25 February 2009
does anyone know how to play it on the harmonica?
By Kylieeee from Usa on 15 September 2010
It Was Amazing And I Had This SOng Stuck In My THead The Whole Day But Only One Part Its Good To Know The Rest!
By Codt from Austria on 29 November 2010
This song changed my life i got off of herion cause of this it helped me so much.. workiing on the railroad describes my drug addiction :'(
By Tyrone from United Kingdom on 29 November 2010
This song is hittin out da speakers bruh
By Tyrone from United States on 29 November 2010
Strumming on the old banjo, and singing reminds me of my smoking days... bruh bruh
By Raven from Bangladesh on 29 November 2010
This song makes the small children of my village burst into tears... It should be banned from the internet for its demonic influence.
By Shrimpy from Australia on 1 March 2011
This is supposed to b a nice song but u GUYS had to make it bad HOW COULD U!
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