I've Been Working on the Railroad

"I've Been Working on the Railroad"
"I've Been Working on the Railroad", published as Levee Song in the Princeton University compilation Carmina Princetonia, 1898 Playⓘ
Song
Published1894; 130 years ago (1894)
Songwriter(s)Traditional

"I've Been Working on the Railroad" is an American folk song. The first published version appeared as "Levee Song" in Carmina Princetonia, a book of Princeton University songs published in 1894.[1] The earliest known recording is by The Shannon Quartet, released by Victor Records in 1923.[2]

  1. ^ James J. Fuld, The Book of World-Famous Music, 4th ed. (Dover, 1996), p. 309; cited at Mudcat Café's site Mudcat Cafe Archived 2007-12-12 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ "Victor matrix B-27740. I've been workin' on de railroad / Shannon Quartet". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2023-02-06.