The song we refer to as "I've Been Working On The Railroad" is actually 2 songs. The second part, "Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah" is a separate song that was sung with it years ago and it has stuck with it ever since.

The origins of this folk song are harder to trace. Some credit it to African Americans adapting their "Levee Song." Others say that Irish work gangs in the American West modified it from an old hymn.

There are some facts we do know. It is from the late 19th century and was published in 1894 by Princeton University. Something about that just strikes me funny. The tune is used by Texas for the song "The Eyes of Texas are Upon You and is the school spirit song of the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas at El Paso.

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