Collection of Irish Song Lyrics
Paddy Works on the Railway
IN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE
I PUT MY CORDUROY BREECHES ON
I PUT MY CORDUROY BREECHES ON
TO WORK UPON THE RAILWAY...
CHORUS
IN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO
I LEFT THE OLD WORLD FOR THE NEW
BAD CESS TO THE LUCK THAT BROUGHT ME THROUGH
TO WORK UPON THE RAILWAY...
IN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE
'TWAS THEN I MET SWEET BIDDY MCGEE
AN ELEGANT WIFE SHE'S BEEN TO ME
WHILE WORKING ON THE RAILWAY... I
T'S 'PAT, DO THIS,' AND 'PAT, DO THAT'
WITHOUT A STOCKING OR A CRAVAT
AND NOTHING BUT AN OLD STRAW HAT,
WHILE WORKING ON THE RAILWAY...
IN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX
THEY PELTED ME WITH STONES AND STICKS
OH, I WAS IN A TERRIBLE FIX,
WHILE WORKING ON THE RAILWAY...
IN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN
SWEET BIDDY MCGEE SHE WENT TO HEAVEN
IF SHE LEFT ONE CHILD, SHE LEFT ELEVEN,
TO WORK UPON THE RAILWAY...
IN EIGHTEEN HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT,
I LEARNED TO TAKE ME WHISKEY STRAIGHT
'TIS AN ELEGANT DRINK AND CAN'T BE BATE,
FOR WORKING ON THE RAILWAY...
CHORUS: The rail...way, to work upon the railway faster now) I was wearing corduroy britches, diggin ditches, dodgin' switches, pullin' hitches while I was workin' on the railway
