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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,
"De Camptown Races" or "Gwine to Run All Night" (nowadays popularly known as "Camptown Races") is a folk song by American Romantic composer Stephen Foster. It was published in February 1850 by F. D. Benteen and was introduced to the American mainstream by Christy's Minstrels , eventually becoming one of the most popular folk/ Americana tunes of ...
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.
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.
Heavy metal band Saxon, included the song "To Live by the Sword" in their 2004 album Lionheart. The chorus goes: To live by the sword you must die by the sword. Heavy metal band Judas Priest, included the song "Sword of Damocles" in their 2014 album Redeemer of Souls. Its chorus goes: Truth will find it's reward If you live and die by the sword.
The Bible [a] is a collection of religious texts and scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, and partly in Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the BaháΚΌí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. The texts ...
Long live the King! May the King live for ever, Amen", has been sung and proclaimed at every coronation since that of King Edgar in 973. [ 22 ] Scholes says that as early as 1545 "God Save the King" was a watchword of the Royal Navy , with the response being "Long to reign over us".
The phrase "The king is dead, long live the king!" was first declared upon the death of King Charles VI in 1422, proclaiming his son Charles VII (shown above) king of France. "The king is dead, long live the king!" [a] is a traditional proclamation made following the accession of a new monarch in various countries. The seemingly contradictory ...