Paddy on the Railway - The Wolfe Tones

In eighteen hundred and forty one

Me corduroy britches I put on

Me corduroy britches I put on

To work upon the railway

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

To work upon the railway

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

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

To work upon the railway

In eighteen hundred and forty three

We hit Chicago on a spree

The devil got a hold of me

While working on the railway

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

To work upon the railway

In eighteen hundred and forty four

While standing on the great big shore

We laid a track and saw no more

For working on the railway

Tirramy oh re oh re ay, tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay, to work upon the railway

In eighteen and hundred and forty five

When Daniel O’Connell was alive

In Kansas City we derived

To work upon the railway

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

To work upon the railway

In eighteen hundred and forty six

I’d a pain in me arse from carrying bricks

With your hammers and nails and shovels and picks

A-working on the railway

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

To work upon the railway

It’s 'Paddy, do this' and 'Paddy do that'

With doles of stock and our cravat

And nothing but an old straw hat

We’re working on the railway

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

To work upon the railway

In eighteen hundred and forty eight

Me hands did blister, me belly did ache

We heard of gold and made a stake

From working on the railway

In eighteen hundred and forty nine

The California hills looked fine

We found some gold and left behind

The workings of the railway

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

Tirramy oh re oh re ay

To work upon the railway