I've Been Working on the Railroad / Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah
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?
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!
Fee, fie, fiddle-ee-i-o,
Fee-fie fiddle-ee-i-o,
Fee, fie fiddle-ee-i-o,
Strummin' on the old banjo!
The first part of the song seems to have originated in 1894 from an African-American song about working on a Mississippi River levee. Later on, "Old Joe" or "Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah" was added to the end, and seems to have been originally published in London between 1830-1840.
Tags - Songs - Railroad - Train - Captain - Dinah - Kitchen - Banjo -
Origin - North America - Americana - Europe - British Isles - Ireland -