I've Been Working On The Railroad
Musical Tale of Railroad Labor and Kitchen Jam Sessions
Lyrics
I’ve been workin’ on the railroad
I have been working on the railroad.
all the live long day.
Throughout the entire day.
I’ve been workin’ on the railroad
I continue to work on the railroad.
just to pass the time away.
Just to pass the time.
Don’t you hear the whistle blowing?
Do you not hear the whistle blowing?
Rise up so early in the morn.
Get up very early in the morning.
Don’t you hear the captain shouting?
Can't you hear the captain shouting?
“Dinah, blow your horn!”
The captain is instructing Dinah to blow the horn.
Dinah, won’t you blow, Dinah, won’t you blow,
Dinah, will you blow your horn, Dinah, will you blow.
Dinah, won’t you blow your horn?
Asking Dinah to blow her horn.
Dinah, won’t you blow, Dinah, won’t you blow,
Dinah, will you blow your horn, Dinah, will you blow.
Dinah, won’t you blow your horn?
Repetition of the request for Dinah to blow her horn.
Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah.
Someone is in the kitchen with Dinah.
Someone’s in the kitchen, I know.
A person is present in the kitchen.
Someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah
Someone continues to be in the kitchen with Dinah.
Strummin’ on the old banjo
Playing the old banjo in the kitchen.
And singin’ fee-fi-fiddley-i-o,
Singing a lively tune, expressed as "fee-fi-fiddley-i-o."
Fee-fi-fiddley-i-o, fee-fi-fiddley-i-o,
Repeating the lively tune while strumming the banjo.
Strummin on the old banjo.
Continuing to strum on the old banjo.
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