I've Been Working on the Railroad

"I've Been Working on the Railroad" (em português: Estive trabalhando na ferrovia) é uma canção folclórica estadunidense popular no país. A primeira versão publicada aparece como "Levee Song" em Carmina Princetonia, um livro da Princeton University songs publicado em 1894. A mais antiga gravação da música foi pela banda Sandhills Sixteen, lançada pela Victor Records em 1927.

Letra

A versão moderna da música é essa:

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. Don't you hear the whistle blowing, Rise up so early in the morn; Don'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, Dinah, won't you blow your horn? Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah Someone's in the kitchen I know Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah Strummin' on the old banjo! Singin' fi, fie, fiddly-i-o Fi, fie, fiddly-i-o-o-o-o Fi, fie, fiddly-i-o Strummin' on the old banjo. Someone's makin' love to Dinah Someone's making love I know. Someone's making love to Dinah 'Cause I can't hear the old banjo