POGUES - Poor Paddy lyrics
rate me[the pogues' version]<br>-----------------------------------------<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-one<br>The corduroy breeches I put on<br>Me corduroy breeches I put on<br>To work upon the railway, the railway<br>I'm weary of the railway<br>Poor paddy works on the railway<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-two<br>From hartlepool I moved to crewe<br>Found myself a job to do<br>A working on the railway<br><br>I was wearing corduroy breeches<br>Digging ditches, pulling switches<br>Dodging pitches, as I was<br>Working on the railway<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-three<br>I broke the shovel across me knee<br>I went to work for the company<br>On the leeds to selby railway<br><br>I was wearing corduroy breeches<br>Digging ditches, pulling switches<br>Dodging pitches, as I was<br>Working on the railway<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-four<br>I landed on the liverpool shore<br>My belly was empty me hands were raw<br>With working on the railway, the railway<br>I'm sick to my guts of the railway<br>Poor paddy works on the railway<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-five<br>When daniel o'connell he was alive<br>When daniel o'connell he was alive<br>And working on the railway<br><br>I was wearing corduroy breeches<br>Digging ditches, pulling switches<br>Dodging pitches, as I was<br>Working on the railway<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-six<br>I changed my trade to carrying bricks<br>I changed my trade to carrying bricks<br>To work upon the railway<br><br>I was wearing corduroy breeches<br>Digging ditches, pulling switches<br>Dodging pitches, as I was<br>Working on the railway<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-seven<br>Poor paddy was thinking of going to heaven<br>The old bugger was thinking of going to heaven<br>To work upon the railway, the railway<br>I'm sick to my death of the railway<br>Poor paddy works on the railway<br><br>I was wearing corduroy breeches<br>Digging ditches, pulling switches<br>Dodging pitches, as I was<br>Working on the railway<br><br><br>[paddy works on the railway]<br>---------------------------------------<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-one<br>My corduroy breeches I put on<br>My corduroy breeches I put on<br>To work upon the railway, the railway<br>I'm weary of the railway<br>Poor paddy works on the railway<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-two<br>I didn't know what I should do<br>I didn't know what I should do<br>To work upon the railway, the railway<br>I'm weary of the railway<br>Poor paddy works on the railway<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-three<br>I sailed away across the sea<br>I sailed away across the sea<br>To work upon the railway, the railway<br>I'm weary of the railway<br>Poor paddy works on the railway<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-four<br>I landed on columbia's shore<br>I landed on columbia's shore<br>To work upon the railway, the railway<br>I'm weary of the railway<br>Poor paddy works on the railway<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-five<br>When daniel o'connell he was alive<br>When daniel o'connell he was alive<br>To work upon the railway, the railway<br>I'm weary of the railway<br>Poor paddy works on the railway<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-six<br>I made my trade to carrying bricks<br>I made my trade to carrying bricks<br>To work upon the railway, the railway<br>I'm weary of the railway<br>Poor paddy works on the railway<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-seven<br>Poor paddy was thinking of going to heaven<br>Poor paddy was thinking of going to heaven<br>To work upon the railway, the railway<br>I'm weary of the railway<br>Poor paddy works on the railway<br><br>In eighteen hundred and forty-eight<br>I learned to drink my whiskey straight<br>I learned to drink my whiskey straight<br>To work upon the railway, the railway<br>I'm weary of the railway<br>Poor paddy works on the railway
