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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, Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow your horn? Dinah, won't you blow, Dinah, won't you blow,
The lyrics are set to the tune of "I've Been Working on the Railroad". A comparison of the lyrics of that song and "The Eyes of Texas" shows the nature of the parody in the latter: I’ve Been Working on the Railroad. 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.
Let me dilly-dally all the live-long day. I'm a Hoosier who's blue, thru and thru, and my heart is pining For the sycamore trees where the Wabash breezes play. What's more, I'm pining for a yellow moon that's shining On a little red barn on a farm down Indiana way. VERSE 2 Work was done 'way down in Indiana, Picked the eggs the chickens lay;
Discussing the lyrics, which were inspired by a family illness, the singer becomes a little emotional. "When you're living in the shadow of things like that, it's on your mind all the time," she says.
Down by the Riverside" (also known as "Ain't Gonna Study War No More" and "Gonna lay down my burden") is an African-American spiritual. Its roots date back to before the American Civil War , [ 1 ] though it was first published in 1918 in Plantation Melodies: A Collection of Modern, Popular and Old-time Negro-Songs of the Southland , Chicago ...
A young Jimmy Carter was no stranger to gospel music growing up in the small rural town of Plains, Georgia during the ’20s and early ’30’. He heard it sung by Black tenant farmers working on ...
They've got all these artists that quite liberally fit into the concept of L.A. And they're doing a good job of it. The movie certainly saw L.A. in a more positive light than, say, "Annie Hall."
To this day, the LDS Church's hymnal includes a hymn with the following lyrics: That the children may live long / And be beautiful and strong, / Tea and coffee and tobacco they despise, / Drink no liquor, and they eat / But a very little meat; / They are seeking to be great and good and wise.