Come let’s sing a song
Today, children, we shall all learn a famous song. 'I've been working on the railroad'. My kindergarten teacher taught me this song over 20 years ago and until today, it is still very very famous! Remember to sing it loudly and clearly!
I've been working on the railroad
All the livelong day
I've been working on the railroad
Just to pass the time away
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
Rise up so early in the morn
Can't you hear the captain shouting
Dinah, blow your my horn
Dinah, won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow your my horn
Dinah, won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow your my horn
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
Fie, fi, fiddly i o
Fie, fi, fiddly i o
Fie, fi, fiddly i o
Strumming on the old banjo
See, I told you it was a very nice song. Now you can sing it in bed to your girlfriend (and pretend that her name is Dinah). 
Add on: I realized that some may not have heard this song before. Apologies. Here's a link to the mp3 as sung in a-cappella. It's only part of the song, but it's the only sung-to mp3 I can find. And they way they sing it makes it even funnier.
April 28th, 2005 at 7:52 pm
Over the time span of one year I have seen a lot of changes in your blog, I do not know these are for good or bad!
well wishes.
naji
April 28th, 2005 at 7:54 pm
Wow you’re really on a roll huh?
you’ve just about distorted how i remember my childhood:twisted:
April 28th, 2005 at 8:21 pm
what have you been smoking? Hahahaa.
April 28th, 2005 at 10:09 pm
i have no idea how the song goes. got mp3?
April 29th, 2005 at 12:04 am
naji: u know when i get messages like this i don’t know they’re good or bad… i’ll talk about this in a post at the weekend.
janus, caleb: on days like this i’d prefer NOT to go to work so that my childhood memories stay intact. Alas…
shanks: you never heard before meh?! wait. how old are you? (i’ll look for the midi)
April 29th, 2005 at 12:20 am
i’m 25. i guess coming from a chinese methodist kindergarten does have its drawbacks. suanie posted some old songs before, but i only recognized one, i think. the only songs i can remember from my kindergarten is a mandarin sing-along about some handicapped tigers with missing eyes and tails. i’ve always thought that it was kinda sadist for a kiddie song. btw, if i remembered correctly, the school only started teaching english in standard 3 (that’s how it works, ain’t it?). before that, the only english words i know were you, and, i, know, bad, it’s, thriller, and the name michael jackson.
April 29th, 2005 at 12:36 am
just heard the song, vaguely familiar. probably heard it in some looney tunes cartoon, i think. thanks for the effort.
April 29th, 2005 at 12:37 am
April 29th, 2005 at 8:21 pm
My message can never be bad! I have no ill wishes for any one!
sincerely best wishes.
naji
April 29th, 2005 at 8:43 pm
Wow, very good acappella version. Where’d you find it? Too TOO
April 30th, 2005 at 3:38 pm
naji: yeah. i know what its like too… anyway if jk rowling decided to turn to chick lit i’ll probably be rather disturbed for a bit as well. not that i’m anything like that billionnaire lah, but of course i still dream.
janus: TOLD you it was more twisted with that version.