1842 - Sam Amidon

Pat do this, Pat do that

Without our shoes, without our hat

Nothing in the world but an old straw hat

Workin' on the railroad

Rug shugaroo, shug sugaroo

Sugar in the cream shaw, how do you do?

Just on the rail road, folly follaroo

Johnny comes pickin' on the banjo

Eighteen hundred and forty two

I didn’t know what I should do

Sailed across the ocean blue

Work all on the railroad

Rug shugaroo, shug sugaroo

Sugar in the cream shaw, how do you do?

Just on the rail road, folly follaroo

Johnny comes pickin' on the banjo

Eighteen hundred and forty three

I set out across the sea

Didn’t expect to see poor me

Working on the railroad

Rug shugaroo, shug sugaroo

Sugar in the cream shaw, how do you do?

Just on the rail road, folly follaroo

Johnny comes pickin' on the banjo

Eighteen hundred and forty four

I landed on the foreign shore

Didn’t expect to see me more

Working on the railroad

Rug shugaroo, shug sugaroo

Sugar in the cream shaw, how do you do?

Just on the rail road, folly follaroo

Johnny comes pickin' on the banjo

Railroad comes, we’ll take a ride

Here we go side by side

Here we go side by side

Johnny comes pickin' on the banjo

Rug shugaroo, shug sugaroo

Sugar in the cream shaw, how do you do?

Just on the rail road, folly follaroo

Johnny comes pickin' on the banjo