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2 unusual facts about I've Been Working on the Railroad


I've Been Working on the Railroad

This tune is used at the stations on the Hanshin Electric Railway Lines (except Umeda Station and Osaka Namba Station) to announce arriving trains and is similarly used at Okayama Station on the Sanyo Line (for Kamigori and Himeji) and the Ako Line (for Banshu-Ako) of West Japan Railway Company.

NHK introduced this version of the song in 1967 in a TV program called Minna no Uta ("Everyone's Songs").


Tales of the Texas Rangers

During the opening and closing credits of the television series, the actors march toward the camera as an off-screen men's chorus sings the theme song, "These Are Tales of Texas Rangers", to the tune of "The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You" and "I've Been Working on the Railroad".


see also

Eyes of Texas

"The Eyes of Texas", a song set to the tune of "I've Been Working on the Railroad"