Paddy On The Railway

In eighteen hundred and forty one

Me corduroy breeches I put on

Me corduroy breeches I put on

To work upon the railway, the railway

I'm weary of the railway

Poor Paddy works on the railway

In eighteen hundred and forty two

From Bartley Pool I moved to Crewe

And I found meself a job to do

Workin' on the railway

I was wearing corduroy britches

Digging ditches, pulling switches, dodging hitches

I was workin' on the railway

In eighteen hundred and forty three

I broke me shovel across me knee

And went to work with the company

In the Leeds and Selby Railway

I was wearing corduroy britches

Digging ditches, pulling switches, dodging hitches

I was workin' on the railway

In eighteen hundred and forty four

I landed on the Liverpool shore

Me belly was empty, me hands were raw

With workin' on the railway, the railway

I'm weary of the railway

Poor Paddy works on the railway

In eighteen hundred and forty five

When Daniel O'Connell he was alive

Daniel O'Connell he was alive

And workin' on the railway

I was wearing corduroy britches

Digging ditches, pulling switches, dodging hitches

I was workin' on the railway

In eighteen hundred and forty six

I changed me trade from carryin' bricks

Changed me trade from carryin' bricks

To work upon the railway

I was wearing corduroy britches

Digging ditches, pulling switches, dodging hitches

I was workin' on the railway

In eighteen hundred and forty seven

Poor Paddy was thinkin' of goin' to heaven

Poor Paddy was thinkin' of goin' to heaven

To work upon the railway, the milky way

I'm weary of the railway

Poor Paddy works on the railway

Well I was wearing corduroy britches

Digging ditches, pulling switches, dodging hitches

I was workin' on the railway

Well I was wearing corduroy britches

Digging ditches, pulling switches, dodging hitches

I was workin' on the railway