Advanced syncopation, advanced intervals, triplets, repeated
melodic rhythm patterns, and the raised/sharped tonic (Di)
makes this popular folk song fun and challenging.
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- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA - Folk Song, cir. 1894 Princeton University
- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: by page: 1-A, 2-BC, 3-D; song: ABCD
- Rhythm: advanced: | ta/ ti ti/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation,
| ta/a ta/a | ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta/a/a (ta) |
| ta/a ta ti/ ri | syncopation, | ta ti/ ri ti/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti/ ri ta ta | syncopation,
| ta ta ta/a | ta ta ta ta | ta/a ta/a |
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ti/ ri ti/ ri ti ti ta | syncopation, | ta/a/a/a |
| ti-ti-ti ta ta/a | triplets, | ta ta ti-ti-ti ta | triplets,
| ti ti ti ti ta ta |
- Pitches: advanced: So La Ti Do Di Re Mi Fa So La - raised/sharped tonic (Di), extended range
- Intervals: advanced: Do\So/Do, Mi\Do, Do/Fa, Fa\Do, Re\Di/Re, So/Fa, Mi\La, Do\La, Do/Mi, So/Do, La/Re, Re\Ti, Mi\Do\So descending tonic arpeggio, So/Do/Mi ascending tonic arpeggio, Fa/La8
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; repeated melodic rhythm patterns, advanced syncopation, vocal slurs, triplets
- Key Words: USA history, glee club song, Princeton University, work song, railroad, live-long, pass time away, whistle, blowing, rise up, morn, captain, shouting, blow your horn, kitchen, strumming, banjo; contractions: I've (I have), don't (do not), someone's (someone is); abbreviation: strummin' (strumming)
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"I've Been Working on the Railroad"
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I've been working on the railroad,
All the live-long day;
I've been working on the railroad,
Just to pass the time away.
Don't you hear the whistle blowing?
Rise up so early in the morn.
Don't you hear the captain shouting:
"Dinah, blow your horn!"
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Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow your horn?
Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow your horn? |
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Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,
Someone's in the kitchen I know.
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,
Strumming on the old banjo, and singing,
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Fee, fi, fiddly-i-o,
Fee, fi, fiddly-i-o,
Fee, fi, fiddly-i-o,
Strummin' on the old banjo.
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