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I've Been Working on the Railroad

first published 1894 · 19th century

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

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I've Been Working on the Railroad1894

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). I've Been Working on the Railroad. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ive-been-working-on-the-railroad
MLA: “I've Been Working on the Railroad.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ive-been-working-on-the-railroad. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “I've Been Working on the Railroad.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ive-been-working-on-the-railroad.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘I've Been Working on the Railroad’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ive-been-working-on-the-railroad (Accessed: ).

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