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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,
"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".
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.
"Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill" is an American folk song first published in 1888 and attributed to Thomas Casey (words) and later Charles Connolly (music). It is listed as number 4401 in the Roud Folk Song Index. [1] The song is a work song, and makes references to the construction of the American railroads in the mid-19th century. The title refers ...
One reportedly coded Underground Railroad song is "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd". [1] The song's title is said to refer to the star formation (an asterism) known in America as the Big Dipper and in Europe as The Plough. The pointer stars of the Big Dipper align with the North Star. In this song the repeated line "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd" is thus ...
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]
Records of work songs are as old as historical records, and anthropological evidence suggests that most agrarian societies tend to have them. [1]When defining work songs, most modern commentators include songs that are sung while working, as well as songs that are about work or have work as the main subject, since the two categories are often interconnected. [2]
"I've Been Working on the Railroad" "Three Blind Mice" "Oh, Susanna" (Stephen Foster) "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" "Jimmy Crack Corn" "The Mail Must Go Through" (Larry Groce) "Home on the Range" "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More" "A Bicycle Built for Two (Daisy, Daisy)" "Mary Had a Little Lamb" "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" "Friends Lullaby ...