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The Gandy Dancer is a railroad man And his work is never done With his pick and his shovel and his willing hands He makes the railroad run There's Macanaw Mack and Toledo Jack And the boys from Idaho And the Frisco kid and Saginaw Sid And good old Cotton-eyed Joe Oh they danced on the ceiling And they danced on the wall At the Gandy Dancer's ball
Jun 25, 2021 · A gandy dancer was a track laborer. Legend has it that the name was derived from the tools made for track work by the “Gandy Manufacturing Company” or “Gandy Tool Company,” though historians have yet to find any archival record of the company’s existence.
Jan 7, 2008 · Before railroad work was completely mechanized in the 1950s, railroad calls were an everyday part of the track worker’s ritual. Most of these gandy dancers—the label applied to railway line workers who maintained railroad tracks and kept the rails straight—were African Americans who adapted the work call to railroad work. The term is said ...
Mar 2, 2017 · Gandy Dancer, the elegant brick former Railroad Depot in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is a "must do" place for elegant meals, live music, and great fun as the trains pass through, blowing their whistles. My family and I have eaten here frequently since we came to Ann Arbor in 1986.
- 401 Depot St, Ann Arbor, MI
May 15, 2021 · Gandy Dancers Marker. Inscription. "Gandy dancer" is a term that came to be used for the laborers who built and maintained railroad tracks prior to the mechanization of most of those tasks. The origin of the term is uncertain, although some suggest that it referred to the movement of the workers or that it was derived from the name of a Chicago ...
Aug 24, 2023 · A hiker in western Wisconsin can walk the 47 mile long trail called the Gandy Dancer State Trail that follows an old railroad line. In Ann Arbor, Michigan a person can dine in the Gandy Dancer restaurant, an up-scale restaurant made from a renovated old railroad station.
