2. Appears to have been first printed in 1894 in CARMINA PRINCETONIA May be a derivative of an old Irish song: "I've been working on the Levee" ppt by Nancy Jolley

3. I’ve been working on the railroad all the live long day.

4. I’ve been working on the railroad just to pass the time away.

5. Can’t you hear the whistle blowing, “Rise up so early in the morn?

6. Can’t you hear the captain shouting, “Dinah, blow your horn?

7. Dinah, won't you blow Dinah, won't you blow Dinah, won't you blow your horn

8. Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah Someone's in the kitchen I know Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah Strumming on the old banjo, and singing

9. Fie, fi, fiddly i o Fie, fi, fiddly i o Fie, fi, fiddly i o Strumming on the old banjo