The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #32615 Message #3348756
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
09-May-12 - 01:30 PM
Thread Name: Origins: I've Been Working on the Railroad
Subject: RE: Origins: I've Been Working on the Railroad
The verses- Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow your horn (ho-or-n)-
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah, Someone's in the kitchen I know, I know, Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah, Strummin' on the old banjo.
Were often played by the band and sung as an upbeat addition after "The Eyes of Texas" at football games at the University of Texas, 1940s-1950s.