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A reporter for the Chicago Tribune said he heard an Irish railway agent in Iowa (U.S.) singing this song as he worked. (source: Sandburg)
Lyrics
(Folk song)
Sh-ta-ra-da-dey, sh-ta-dey,
Times is mighty hard.
A dollar a day is all they pay
For work on the boulevard.
See also
- Subject: lullabies / railroad workers
- Harmony:Â chords i & VII
- Meter: 6/8
- Scale: natural minor
- Source: The American Songbag, Carl Sandburg, Harcout Brace and Company, 1927
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody