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Origins: Working on the Railway DigiTrad: PADDY ON THE RAILWAY PADDY WORKS ON THE RAILWAY (1) PADDY WORKS ON THE RAILWAY (4) PATSY OREE AY Related threads: (origins) Origins: Paddy on the Railway (54) Need Tune Help: Paddy on the Railway (14) Lyr/Tune Req: Paddy Works on the Railroad /Railway (18) Lyr Req: Pat do this Pat do that (5) (closed) Lyr Req: Working for Old King Henry (8) |
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Subject: RE: Origins: Working on the Railway From: GUEST,Lighter at work Date: 08 Apr 05 - 11:47 AM Agree with Bob the Postman. |
Subject: RE: Origins: Working on the Railway From: Bob the Postman Date: 08 Apr 05 - 08:09 AM Not every song about swinging a hammer on the railroad is inspired by CRT--it's more like Lightfoot drew upon a vast corpus of railroad songs when he put together CRT--Drill Ye Tarriers, for example. To me this verse smells like a folk revival era song inspired by hillbilly and/or African American sources. |
Subject: RE: Origins: Working on the Railway From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 08 Apr 05 - 12:19 AM Looking over Lightfoot's song, I think your roommate was taking his inspiration from the C.R.T. (click). |
Subject: RE: Origins: Working on the Railway From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 07 Apr 05 - 11:59 PM What? The Canadian Railroad Trilogy is not posted? Rivaflexer, I haven't heard your song. (Another ca) |
Subject: RE: Origins: Working on the Railway From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 07 Apr 05 - 10:58 PM Why? Refresh? It is trumphed, bogus, without the hope of a faggot's fart in heaven.
Sincerely, |
Subject: RE: Origins: Working on the Railway From: michaelr Date: 07 Apr 05 - 10:53 PM refresh |
Subject: Origins: Working on the Railway From: GUEST,rivaflexer@yahoo.ca Date: 07 Apr 05 - 02:27 AM 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? |
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