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GUEST,Tony P	Lyr Req: When You Lay the Rails, Boys (Tom Glazer) (14)	Lyr Req: Work Song: When you lay the rails, boys	13 Sep 08
I am looking for lyrics to a railroad work song of the mid 19th century. I only know one verse, which was on an old children's record from the 1950's. It's clearly a real work song, like many sea chanties, with a solo voice singing the verse and the men grunting in response & in rhythm as they pushed the rails into place. The one verse goes like this: Oh, when you lay the rails, boys, Wuh! The shiny silver rails boys, Wuh! Oh, when you lay the rails, boys, Wuh! Down on the ground, Wuh! Soon the train'll ride through, Wuh! Big and black and shiny, Wuh! Oh, when you lay the rails, boys, Wuh! The shiny silver rails. Wuh! It has a great tune, too, which I will suggest for adding to the DT if I can get some more lyrics -- or maybe even if I can't!

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