Nearly twenty years ago , my roommate in Yellowknife NWT played this song with the following lyrics:

I got a job on the railroad track
Swingin' my hammer and breakin' my back
The foreman tries to work his men
Seems like we're quittin' and we're workin' again
Got a woman on down the line
Takes my money and drinks my wine
I'm gonna marry her one of these days
But not while I'm working on the railway

I recall the tune as well. I am wondering who wrote it. Anyone ever heard this?