Like the others posting below me, haven't heard this tune since I was in grade school in the early 70's. Dad used to have a record with this tune on it that I used to love to listen to. Just happened to be thinking about the song as I was pouring myself a cup of tea tonight ("Oh, you work all day for the sugar in your tay...") and wanted to see if I could find it here. Lo and behold...
I agree. I think this is a record I listened to as a kid long ago. If its the same one, there's another song I liked where they counted through the years "working on the railroad. Wish I could find that...
A very nice video. I actually plan on creating a video about railroad songs and music, and was wondering if I had permission to use a portion of this song in my video. I promise to give full source credit in the video description.
@@heavenlystar292 A lot different indeed. In most of the versions of this song I have heard, the verse about Big Jim Goff goes like this: "The new foreman is Dan (or Gene) McCann, I'll tell you sure, he's a blame mean man Last week, a premature blast went off, And a mile in the air went Big Jim Goff, And drill ye tarriers, drill" In other words, it was Dan (or Gene) McCann who was the foreman, and not Jim Goff. Also, it's McCann who tells Jim that he was "docked for the time you were up in the sky." This verse is obviously designed to show what "a blame mean man" that Foreman McCann is. There's another verse from the song that was left out here (sometimes it's the first verse, other times it's the last verse), which goes like this: "The boss was a fine man, down to the ground, But he married a lady, six feet around, She baked good bread and baked it well, But she baked it harder than the holes of hell, And drill ye tarriers, drill."
OMG! I never thought I would ever hear this again. I heard it when I was in elementary school. Thank you for putting this on here. : )
Same, in 5th Grade.
Omg I listened to this in elementary. Like 15 years ago
So surprising to think anyone would have had this played to them in the 2000's!
To be honest I think my teacher was just an old soul
Love these old songs sung by men.
Like the others posting below me, haven't heard this tune since I was in grade school in the early 70's. Dad used to have a record with this tune on it that I used to love to listen to. Just happened to be thinking about the song as I was pouring myself a cup of tea tonight ("Oh, you work all day for the sugar in your tay...") and wanted to see if I could find it here. Lo and behold...
I agree. I think this is a record I listened to as a kid long ago. If its the same one, there's another song I liked where they counted through the years "working on the railroad. Wish I could find that...
I believe the song you're thinking of was called "Pat Works On The Railway" or "Paddy On The Railway" (the title character is supposed to be Irish).
Paddy works on the Erie maybe?
Goooooooooood
A very nice video. I actually plan on creating a video about railroad songs and music, and was wondering if I had permission to use a portion of this song in my video. I promise to give full source credit in the video description.
I listen to this song in music but it’s a little different
Actually a lot different
@@heavenlystar292 A lot different indeed. In most of the versions of this song I have heard, the verse about Big Jim Goff goes like this:
"The new foreman is Dan (or Gene) McCann,
I'll tell you sure, he's a blame mean man
Last week, a premature blast went off,
And a mile in the air went Big Jim Goff,
And drill ye tarriers, drill"
In other words, it was Dan (or Gene) McCann who was the foreman, and not Jim Goff. Also, it's McCann who tells Jim that he was "docked for the time you were up in the sky." This verse is obviously designed to show what "a blame mean man" that Foreman McCann is.
There's another verse from the song that was left out here (sometimes it's the first verse, other times it's the last verse), which goes like this:
"The boss was a fine man, down to the ground,
But he married a lady, six feet around,
She baked good bread and baked it well,
But she baked it harder than the holes of hell,
And drill ye tarriers, drill."
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