Working Man - Bo Diddley: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Working Man

11,939

Rock

Working Man was released on January 1, 1961 by Geffen* as a part of the album Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger

Popular Segments

Song Details

Most Popular

Past 7 Days

00:30 - 00:35

Working Man was discovered most frequently at around 30 seconds into the song during the past week

00:00

00:05

00:15

00:30

00:35

00:45

01:05

01:10

01:20

01:30

00:00

02:31

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Bo Diddley

Vocals

Peggy Jones

Guitar

Lafayette Leake

Lafayette Leake

Piano

Jerome Green

Maracas

Jesse James Johnson

Jesse James Johnson

Bass

Billy Downing

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Ellas McDaniel

Composer

Lyrics

Well, I work on the railroad

With a sledge in one hand and a pick in the other

Well, I can do more work than my brother

Work don't hurt me

Well, I look over yonder and what I see

The ol' water boy a'comin' up to me

Sometimes he be running

And then again he be jumping

Oh, you oughta hear my sledgehammer pumpin'

Well, I wanna tell you and I'm-a tell you time and again

It was a terrible wind

It was my sledgehammer

I'm a man amongst men

Work for a little bitty pay

Sweat running off every way

Oh, I'm a working man

Written by: Ellas McDaniel

Shazam Footer

Select language:

Company

Legal

Chrome Web Store

Galaxy Store

Follow Us

© Copyright 2026 Apple Inc. and its affiliates | Supplier Responsibility

Loading...