This song is sung by a railroad worker during the industrial revolution as a train goes by on the tracks he has been working on. Published in 1894 in a book of songs by Princeton University, the song shows the life of someone who lived their life by working very hard on the railroads. The song is al...
I've been working on the railroad
All the live long day
I've been working on the railroad
Just to pass the time away
Don't you hear the whistle blowin'
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 ho-o-o-orn
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 oh-oh-oh
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
Fee fi fiddle e i o
Fee fi fiddle e i o-o-o-o
Fee fi fiddle e i o
Strumming on the old banjo
I’ve Been Working on The Railroad was written by Traditional.
Traditional-transcriptions released I’ve Been Working on The Railroad on Sat Jan 01 1927.