Paddy Works on the Railway

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W:In eighteen hundred and forty-one
W:I put me corduroy breeches on
W:I put me corduroy breeches on
W:To work upon the railway.
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W:Filly me oo-ree aye-ree ay, filly me oo-ree aye-ree ay,
W:Filly me oo-ree aye-ree ay, to work upon the railway.
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W:In eighteen hundred and forty-two,
W:I left the Old World for the new,
W:Bad cess to the luck that brought me through,
W:To work upon the railway.
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W:In eighteen hundred and forty-three,
W:'Twas then I met sweet Biddy MacGhee,
W:An elegant wife she's been to me,
W:While workin' on the railway.
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W:In eighteen hundred and forty-four,
W:I landed on Columbia's shore,
W:I landed on Columbia's shore,
W:To work upon the railway.
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W:In eighteen hundred and forty-five,
W:I thought myself more dead than alive,
W:I thought myself more dead than alive,
W:From working on the railway.
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W:In eighteen hundred and forty-six,
W:I changed my trade to carrying bricks,
W:I changed my trade to carrying bricks,
W:From working on the railway.
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W:In eighteen hundred and forty-seven
W:Sweet Biddy MacGhee, she went to heaven,
W:She left one child, she left eleven,
W:To work upon the railway.
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