I'ma tell you all something!! THIS STUFF IS EPIC stuff for all ages. I'm 26 almost 27, and I listen to this stuff at night!! If you ever see somebody on a ventilator but in Wall-mart singing this song with my friend Crystal, chances are it's me. I LOOOOOOVE this song!!!!!! People will ask me what I've been doin, and my reply is always, "I've Been Workin On The Railroad!!!!!"
This exact recording is the version I grew up with and remember. Here I sit, disenfranchised by 15 years of 'what did you not expect by "all the live long day". yeech.
Here are the words as originally composed: I been wukkin' on de railroad All de livelong day, I been wukkin' on de railroad Ter pass de time away. Doan' yuh hyah de whistle blowin'? Ris up, so uhly in de mawn; Doan' yuh hyah de cap'n shouin', "Dinah, blow yo' hawn?" Sing a song o' the city; Roll dat cotton bale; Niggah aint half so happy As when he's out o' jail Norfolk foh its oystahshells, Boston foh its beans, Chahleston foh its rice an' cawn, But foh niggahs New Awleens.
I really love this wonderful song, Me and grandma Jean sang this song together when I was kid . this song brings memories of my childhood .
I'ma tell you all something!! THIS STUFF IS EPIC stuff for all ages. I'm 26 almost 27, and I listen to this stuff at night!! If you ever see somebody on a ventilator but in Wall-mart singing this song with my friend Crystal, chances are it's me. I LOOOOOOVE this song!!!!!! People will ask me what I've been doin, and my reply is always, "I've Been Workin On The Railroad!!!!!"
God bless you Miss Carol. Love and happiness and old school songs........
On his album 'More Singable Songs', Raffi does this a cappella style!
He does more than just that. With the help of Ken and Chris Whitley and the late Stan Rogers among others, they do a barbershop version
@@exoticcar5482 I just re-listened to it for the first time in years and they really nailed it
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This exact recording is the version I grew up with and remember. Here I sit, disenfranchised by 15 years of 'what did you not expect by "all the live long day". yeech.
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Here are the words as originally composed:
I been wukkin' on de railroad
All de livelong day,
I been wukkin' on de railroad
Ter pass de time away.
Doan' yuh hyah de whistle blowin'?
Ris up, so uhly in de mawn;
Doan' yuh hyah de cap'n shouin',
"Dinah, blow yo' hawn?"
Sing a song o' the city;
Roll dat cotton bale;
Niggah aint half so happy
As when he's out o' jail
Norfolk foh its oystahshells,
Boston foh its beans,
Chahleston foh its rice an' cawn,
But foh niggahs New Awleens.
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