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First published version was as the "Levee Song"published by Princeton University in 1894. It was also called "The Levee Song" and recorded by the Shannon Quartet in 1923.

I've Been Working On The Railroad

G                                                      C                       G
I've been working on the railroad all the livelong day.

G                                                                  A7                    D7
I've been working on the railroad, just to pass the time away.

D                                          G             
Can't you hear the whistle blowing?

C                                   B7
Rise up so early in the morn.

C                                          G      A7    
Can't you hear the captain shouting,

G  Gsus       G      D       G
"Di- nah      blow your horn!"

G                                    C                         A7
Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow,

D                                           G
Dinah won't you blow your horn, your horn?

G                                    C                         A7
Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow,

D7                                           G
Dinah won't you blow your horn?


G
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,

                                             D7
Someone's in the kitchen I know,

G                                                C
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,

G                           D7       G
Strummin' on the old banjo, and singin'

G                                                   D
Fee fi fiddley i o fee fi fiddle-y-i-o-o-o-o,

G        C                  G                          D7       G
Fee fi fiddle-y-i-o strummin' on the old banjo