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The verses that generally constitute the modern version of the song are: [4] 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. 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,
A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in nearly all musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.
Poor Paddy Works on the Railway" is a popular Irish folk and American folk song (Roud 208). Historically, it was often sung as a sea shanty. The song portrays an Irish worker working on a railroad. There are numerous titles for the song, including "Pat Works on the Railway" and "Paddy on the Railway" and "Fillimiooriay".
The Water Buffalo Song (from Where's God When I’m S-Scared?) The Hairbrush Song (from Are You my Neighhbor?) Dance of the Cucumber (from Rack, Shack, and Benny) I Love My Lips (from Dave and the Giant Pickle) The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (from Very Silly Songs!/A Very Silly Sing-Along!) The Song of the Cebú (from Josh and the Big Wall)
Toy Train (song) Train (3 Doors Down song) Train (Goldfrapp song) The Train Is Coming; Train Kept A-Rollin' Train on a Track; Train-Train; Train, Train (The Count Bishops song) Trains and Boats and Planes; Trains to Brazil; Trans-Europe Express (song) Tre gringos; Trem das Onze; I treni di Tozeur; Trenulețul; The Trolley Song; Trouble in Mind ...
I've Been Working on the Railroad; Inca Roads (song) K. Key to the Highway; L. Lake Shore Drive (song) Lonely Avenue; The Lonesome Road; The Long and Winding Road;
Working on the Railroad (World Song, 1954) Frisco Bound (Cavalier, 1956) Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Blues (Good Time Jazz, 1958) Jesse Fuller: Greatest of the Negro Minstrels (Folk Lyric 126, 1963) San Francisco Bay Blues (Good Time Jazz, 1963) San Francisco Bay Blues (Prestige Folklore, 1963) [Different record to preceding entry]
The Railroad Hour was a radio series of musical dramas and comedies broadcast from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. Sponsored by the Association of American Railroads , the series condensed musicals and operettas to shorter lengths, concentrating on those written before 1943.